| Occupation as written | Seamstress |
| Standardised occupation | MF23: Manufacturing - Dress |
| Application received | 28 Apr 1917 |
| Application status | Denied |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 20 Sep 1917 |
| If rejected, why? | enemy alien |
| Birthplace as written | Rio de Janiero, Brazil |
| Modern country | Brazil |
| Age on application | 41 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 16 |
| Port of Departure | London, England |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 24 Oct 1889 |
| Name of ship | Rome |
| Voyage | Rome (1889-10-24) |
| Address in Australia | 139 Thistlewaik St, S. Melbourne |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 9 years, 6 months |
| Previous address 1 | 'At sea & also visiting England |
| Address State | |
| Time at address | 9 years |
| Previous address 2 | Ballarat |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 3 years |
| Previous address 3 | Mildura |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 4 years |
| Married | No |
| Children | No |
| Name of reference | Walter Edwin Davis |
| Occupation of reference | Postmaster, Surrey Hills, Victoria |
| Marginalia description | G |
| Police report attached | Yes |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Vote |
| Other information | Went to vote at the last election and found not registered. |
Application: says by birth 'Brazilian (German father)
Police Report, Constable Hayes, Montague Station, 4 May 1917: 'of good character, and does not associate with other Germans... fit and proper... did not know untill just before the last election when she went to Port Melbourne to see if her name was on the roll and someone told her there. She also states that her Mother was an English woman... lived in England and Australia all her life she did not think it was necessary.'
DEA Memorandum, W W Boemander, 16 May 1917: summarising Police REport and also her brother, Frederick Symphronio Hilke, 48 yrs old, approved by Minister last month. Handwritten: 'Sec states that Minister approved this. WB, 19/5' and in different hand below: 'Certificate not issued: Cabinet declined to accept applications of this class. RWR 20/9/17'
Hunt to Hilcke, 20 Sept 1917: letter informing her that application not being processed now. Handwritten underneath 'No pressing necessity in her case NUUG 1/11/17'
Hunt to Hilcke, 2 Nov 1917: 'as promised at our interview, I placed all the facts before the Minister, who though he appreciates the special circumstances of your case, regrets that he cannot see his way to ask Cabinet to reverse the decision that covered your own and a number of other special cases.'
Scott Wise, MP, to P McM. Glynn, 4 Nov 1917: asking whether had time to consider the Hilcke application that he had discussed with him 'a while ago'
Glynn to Wise, 12 November 1917: 'I have given very careful consideration... but think on the whole that it would be wiser for her application to be deferred for a time. It is unfortunate that the application was not made long ago, then it would have gone through without difficulty, as enquiries show that the lady is a very reputable person indeed, but just about the time the matter was before the Department Cabinet had the case of naturalising persons of enemy origin before it and the rule was laid down that unless in case of exeptional hardship applications of such a character were not to be proceeded with. The case of her brother, to which reference has been made, came before that general ruling.'
Applied again in March 1922, successfully.