Hi List, Can someone enlighten me as to the term "Registration as an Alien". I have found some records, dated 1916-1920, on the Australian National Archives RecordSearch and was wondering who was required to register as an alien and why. Thanks. Jenny Victoria

At 01:01 PM 30/10/2001 +1100, you wrote: >Hi List, > >Can someone enlighten me as to the term "Registration as an Alien". I >have found some records, dated 1916-1920, on the Australian National >Archives RecordSearch and was wondering who was required to register as an >alien and why. It just so happens that, we had at our Local And Family History Centre, last week a speaker from Dept. of Imigration. An Alien was a person of non-British Nationality, and if your bother to check more records were kept on these people than Brits. As I recall they were also required to inform immigration of any change of location, etc. As well as a twelve monthly review of this, till they took out citizenship. Regards Pete. ============================================== Peter Applebee Elizabeth South Australia http://au.geocities.com/papplebee/ ==============================================

Hi Jenny, I think the year was 1915 - basically anyone living in Australia who wasn't from "The Commonwealth" (i.e. came from a "foreign" country) or who wasn't Naturalised, was required to Register as an Alien due to WWI. I'm not sure if there was a specific list of countries - the Australian Archives Office could tell you. The Alien Registration files are just wonderful - similar information to what you get in Naturalisation Files. So if you have someone from a foreign country who didn't become Naturalised following their arrival in Australia and they were still alive in 1915, then head for the Australian Archives and the Registration of Alien files. Regards ......... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Gray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: [A.G.R. ] Alien Registration > Hi List, > > Can someone enlighten me as to the term "Registration as an Alien". I have found some records, dated 1916-1920, on the Australian National Archives RecordSearch and was wondering who was required to register as an alien and why. > > Thanks. > > Jenny > Victoria > > > ==== AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Mailing List ==== > Have you visited AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Web site yet? > Please do? And do sign our visitors book? > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ausgenres/ > ************************************************************************ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > If you are leaving town for the Holidays or on vacation, > unsubscribe while you are gone, so your mailbox doesn't > fill up > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >