Post by NZBC on Jun 26, 2010 20:11:32 GMT 12
the database from www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/naturalisation.htm
Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation Project website:
The Chinese Naturalisation Database is based on the Naturalisation records and the Colonial Secretary's Correspondence held by the State Records Office of New South Wales, Australia.
Most Chinese became naturalised to acquire the rights of a British subject to vote and to hold land in NSW. Others already farmed land and desired to make their title legal. Some had business interests which were limited by their alien status. And some had Australian wives and families and desired to settle. The Database lists the names of those Chinese who were naturalised prior to the NSW Chinese Restriction Act of 1888. Earlier legislation prevented Chinese naturalisation from 1850 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1867.
Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation Project website:
The Chinese Naturalisation Database is based on the Naturalisation records and the Colonial Secretary's Correspondence held by the State Records Office of New South Wales, Australia.
Most Chinese became naturalised to acquire the rights of a British subject to vote and to hold land in NSW. Others already farmed land and desired to make their title legal. Some had business interests which were limited by their alien status. And some had Australian wives and families and desired to settle. The Database lists the names of those Chinese who were naturalised prior to the NSW Chinese Restriction Act of 1888. Earlier legislation prevented Chinese naturalisation from 1850 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1867.