Invoice - Lloyd P Goode of Oxford Chambers to N Condurateanu, Melbourne, 30 Jun 1952

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Summary:: Invoice to Nicolae Condurateanu from Lloyd P Goode, Barrister and Solicitor of Oxford Chambers Melbourne, regarding payment by instalments of the legal fees for purchase of the Spencer Street house. It is dated 30 June 1952. The account relates to the purchase of the Condurateanu's first home in Spencer Street in 1952.

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:: Invoice for payment of legal fees by installments. Sent to N Condurateanus from Lloyd P Goode, Barrister and Solicitor of Oxford Chambers Melbourne, dated 30 June 1952.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 2001

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	20.50 cm (Height), 12.90 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	displaced persons, immigration, migrant camps, migrant hostels, migrant reception centres, romanian communities, romanian immigration
Themes this item is part of:	Migration Collection, Transport Collection
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Settlement - First Home & Family
Tertiary Classification:	financial records
Inscriptions:	Text: LLOYD P GOODE/BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR [extensive text]
Issued By:	Lloyd P. Goode, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Jun 1952
Issued To:	Nicolae Condurateanu, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 30 Jun 1952