CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION 1967 SERIES 8 Trove Tuesday 3rd Nov 2020

Having come from a family of migrants from various countries, the procedure of naturalisation is reasonably familiar to me.  It sure has changed over time... now it is far more expensive and complicated to go through the steps to become an Australian citizen. 

As I have written previously, it was far easier for my Greek born grandfather to become an Australian citizen in 1904 than it would be today. You can read some of his story here.

These are the steps you have to work through to become an Australian citizen now...it varies from country to country, age, nationality of parents, etc. Addresses are given for the time of application, so that may help you trace an ancestor.

I'm happy to say that our daughter in law is well on her way to becoming an Australian citizen.

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 19 January 1967 (No.6), page 318  National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241042197

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New South Wales

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 9 March 1967 (No.20), page 1254 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24104295

Tasmania

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 9 March 1967 (No.20), page 1243 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241042991

New South Wales

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 27 April 1967 (No.36), page 2079.  National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241043806

Australian Capital Territory

Transparency - Woman & Children, Liverpool Dock, 1955

Unknown photographer 

Museums Victoria 

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/13640

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 20 July 1967 (No.65), page 3854 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241041112

TROVE TUESDAY 6th November, 2018 CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION PT. a

The Government Gazettes contain a wealth of information, whether they be Commonwealth or State, or even Police Gazettes. These too, are available via TROVE. Note that these are from various states and include the addresses of those listed, as well as the date that the Naturalisation Certificates were granted.

The National Archives of Australia has a great collection of 

Naturalisation records held in Canberra

Records relating to Italian migration held in Sydney

Citizenship in Australia

Records relating to Italian migration held in Perth

You can read more here  and see a sample of  postwar migration records


Record Search will help you to find all there is about your person of choice. This link will take you directly to the name search... to give you an idea, if you are new to this... I have chosen a name at random...from the second paragraph in the first page.."Comino, George Peter".. as far as I know, he is not a relative...

I have filled out his name, chosen 'Immigration and naturalisation' from the dropdown choice of records and as we can see that he was granted naturalisation in 1922, I have just added 1922-1922.

 This is what came up... here     You will notice on the top right hand side 'View digital copy' That means it has been released, most likely as someone has paid for it to be, as I have done for quite a few records. Once that is done, it is open for all to see and copy.

By clicking on that symbol, this is what you see next...

You could click on each page and download page by page, which wouldn't be too bad, as this file only has 9 pages, but there is an easier way... Copy the barcode and go to SODA

The barcode is 42625..
Tempting as it is to get sidetracked and explore all you see before you, for now, we only want to take notice of the top bar.. and go to Barcode retrieval. Click on that and type in the barcode

that will bring up a digital copy of the whole record... similar to what we had before, but there is one great difference.. Note the symbols..

You are spoilt for choice... but for now, all I'm interested in is the printer symbol. Clicking on that gives you the option of printing as a .pdf or saving as a .pdf. It might seem a bit confusing at first, but once you've used SODA, you'll never forget how easy it is.

 You can scroll down the pages, print individually or simply drag and drop images to desktop.

Far easier than the usual way if you have heaps of pages.   

Now though Comino is a familiar name and this man came from the same village/town as my grandfather, I have yet to find a connection.  A pity that the older generation have mostly passed on, so I have no one to ask, so it seems a bit more sleuthing is in order.

Will you find a connection here? If so, please leave a comment so we can all enjoy your find.

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 11 January 1923 (No.3) National Library of Australia          http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232521188

As always, click to enlarge..

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 3 May 1923 (No.29), page 610             National Library of Australia            http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232521978

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 2 April 1925 (No.29), page 448 (3)   National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232529848

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 25 June 1925 (No.49), page 989  National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232530381

For previous lists of those granted CERTIFICATES of NATURALISATION, see the following...

DECLARATIONS RE BRITISH NATIONALITY - NATURALISATION LISTS -- 1947 TROVE TUESDAY 19TH DECEMBER, 2017 SERIES 1

CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION - LISTS -- 1947 TROVE TUESDAY 26TH DECEMBER, 2017 SERIES 2

CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION , VARIOUS STATES. TROVE TUESDAY 9TH JAN, 2018 - SERIES 3

CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION .. TROVE TUESDAY 16TH JAN, 2018 - SERIES 4

CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION - TROVE TUESDAY 23rd JAN 2018 -SERIES 5

CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION SERIES 6 TROVE TUESDAY, TUESDAY 27TH MARCH, 2018