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Naturalization Certificate - Issued to Nicolae Condurateanu, 8 Feb1965
Reg. No: HT 830
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- Summary:
- Naturalization Certificate issued to Nicolae Condurateanu by the Commonwealth of Australia on 8 Feb 1965. The certificate was printed by A.J. Arthurs, Commonwealth Government Printer. It states that Nicolae is an Australian citizen.
Nicolae Condurateanu was a Romanian who was placed in a POW camp during WWII in Germany. He met his wife Barbara, also a Romanian, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp, where Nicolae was Barbara had spent WWII in a Russian POW camp and was meant to have been on a train back to Romania. The couple married in 1948 at the A1 Heetre Camp and immigrated to Australia in 1950, where Nicolae worked in a Tea factory and Barbara at the Four and Twenty Pie factory. They had no family in Australia and had to rely on each other for support eventually purchasing a house and establishing a life in their new country. - Description:
- Large cardboard certificate with image of Queen Elizabeth at top of Certificate, followed by text. Certificate stamped, signed and dated at base. Reverse side contains Nicolae Condorateanu's details.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 2002
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 45.60 cm (Height), 31.10 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | immigration, displaced persons, migrant hostels, migrant camps, naturalisation, migrant reception centres, romanian communities, romanian immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Getting In, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2003-2015 |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Naturalisation & Citizenship |
| Tertiary Classification: | certificates |
| Inscriptions: | Front:COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/Nationality and Citizenship Act./ CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION/AS AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN [Extensive Text] Reverse: PARTICULARS RELATING TO PARTICIPANT [Extensive Text] |
| Printer: | A.J.Arthurs, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, circa 1965 |
| Issued By: | Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 Feb 1965 |
| Issued To: | Nicolae Condurateanu, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 8 Feb 1965 |
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