NAA: A1, 1904/5085

Barnes, Williamina

Digital copy - 1229

Details

Occupation as writtenDomestic duties
Standardised occupationDS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties
Application received1 Jan 1904
Application status Already a Subject
Official
Date of approval or denial14 Jun 1904
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as writtenGulso, Germany
Modern countryGermany
Age on application59
Age on arrival in Australia12
Port of DepartureHamburgh
Port of ArrivalSydney
Date of arrival25 Dec 1856
Name of shipSingapore
VoyageSingapore (1856-12-25)

Addresses

Address in AustraliaBourke Street, Goulburn
Address StateNew South Wales
Time at address32 years
Previous address 1Stroud, Port Stephens
Address StateNew South Wales
Time at address16 years

Family

MarriedYes
ChildrenYes

5: all male and residing in Goulburn

References

Name of referencePatrck Mc Shane
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace (New South Wales)
Marginalia description

Police report attachedNo
Link to other applicant
LiterateYes

Why are they applying?

ReasonN/A
Other information

Further comments

A letter asks for her husband's nationality, and she replies he is a "native of the state of New South Wales".
Her application is denied, because she has married a British citizen, and therefore under the law is a naturalised citizen of the Commonwealth. The relevant act is quoted