Card - Receipt of Electoral Claim, Issued to Constance Duffell, Commonwealth of Australia & State of Victoria, 11 Nov 1931

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Summary:: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Electoral Claim, issued by the Commonwealth of Australia and State of Victoria, to Constance Duffell, dated 11 November 1931. Constance was enrolled to vote in the electorates of Essendon and Maribyrnong.

Constance Duffell was born in England in 1910. She migrated to Australia with her parents and brother on the ‘Narkunda’ in 1927 aged 17. During the voyage Connie was accommodated with another girl (a stranger) on the lower deck while her mother, father and brother were on the upper deck together. Connie suffered seasickness until reaching Gibraltar.

Her father, Thomas Duffell was brought out to work at the Commonwealth Printing Branch as an engraver and transferrer; this was common apparently for workers to be imported as there was not enough local printing expertise at the time. In 1934 she married Archibald Gordon Maclaurin who had migrated from England in 1928 and worked at the Note Printing Branch. They had two children, Roger and Jocelyn and lived all their lives in Essendon.
Description:: Card of acknowledgement of receipt of electoral claim, addressed to Constance Duffell, I Fuller St Essendon; enrolled in Essendon & Maribyrnong, 11/11/1931
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mrs Jocelyn Maclaurin, 2004

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	10.15 cm (Width), 15.20 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	immigration, british immigration, voting materials, government departments, receipts
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Migration Collection, Transport Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Archibald Gordon Maclaurin, English Migrant, 1928, Constance Duffell, English Migrant, 1927
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Naturalisation & Citizenship
Tertiary Classification:	correspondence
Issued By:	State Government of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 Nov 1931
Issued By:	Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 11 Nov 1931
Issued To:	Miss Constance Duffell, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 11 Nov 1931