DECLARATIONS OF ACQUISITION OF BRITISH NATIONALITY
Wikipedia has a great summary as to why these declarations were introduced, as well as the intricacies of British law.
Perhaps this should be essential reading to our Australian political aspirants..
You can read full details of Australian Naturalisation on the National Archives site here
To quote just a little...
When immigrants arrive in Australia they do not have the privileges of natural born subjects. They can however become naturalised to be invested with the rights of a citizen. Prior to 1949, Australians were British subjects. On 26 January 1949 the status of Australian citizen was created when the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 came into force.
So we begin this series with the Declarations as below, from TROVE..
Though I have posted the full size of the first page, to save space, I will leave it to you to click on each image to enlarge to make it easier to read...
Do leave a comment if you find any relevant names... we all like to hear success stories.
SERIES 2 will begin with the lists of Certificates of Naturalisation.
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