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Travel & Migration
- Aliens Registered in the Northern Territory 1916–1921
- Calais Lacemaker immigrants to South Australia 1848
- Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1870
- Convicts in South Australia sentenced to transportation 1836–1852
- Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879
- Emigrants seeking free passage to South Australia 1836–1841
- Emigration: Where to Go
- Genealogical Index to Australians and Other Expatriates in Papua New Guinea
- New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859
- New South Wales assisted passenger lists
- New South Wales unassisted passenger lists
- New South Wales, Convict Arrivals 1788-1842
- New Zealand Emigration and Gold Fields
- New Zealand for the Emigrant 1890
- Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
- Passengers to South Australia on board Buffalo 1836
- Queensland Assisted Immigration 1848-1912
- Queensland Customs House Shipping 1852-1885: Passengers and Crew
- Queensland Early Pioneers Index 1824-1859
- Queensland Immigration Registers 1922-1940
- Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904
- Queensland Nominated Immigrants 1908-1922
- Queensland passports index 1915-1925
- Queensland Ship Deserters 1862-1911
- Queensland, Brisbane Register of Immigrants 1885-1917
- Queensland, Maryborough Registers of Rations Issued to Immigrants 1875-1884
- South Australia Naturalisations 1849-1903
- South Australia, immigrant agricultural workers 1913-14
- South Australian ex-convicts
- Victoria coastal passenger lists 1852-1924
- Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923
- Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923
- Victoria Outward Passenger Lists 1852-1915
What can these records tell me?
Each record includes a transcript. The amount of information listed varies, but Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904 records usually include the following information:- Name
- Year
- Film number
- Item ID
- State and country
Discover more about Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904
The Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904 index was compiled from various records created by the Supreme Court of the Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville districts, the Colonial Secretary’s Office and the Government Residents Office.
These records included correspondence, naturalisation files, certificates of naturalisation and associated papers, and oaths of allegiance that were sworn by ‘aliens’ who were in the process of being naturalised.
They contain the names of individuals who took oaths of allegiance in order to be naturalised as British subjects under the Queensland colony’s Aliens Act 1867. This legislation was later replaced when the Commonwealth Naturalisation Act 1903 came into force on 1 January 1904.
Details listed about the immigrants who were naturalised include their full name, the number of the oath they took, their trade or profession, and the date when they enrolled.
When searching the index, remember to check all possible spelling variations and keep in mind that all first names are abbreviated as they appeared in the original records.
Ordering copies of the original documents
The Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904 index was sourced from Queensland State Archives.
The naturalisation records that the Queensland Naturalisations 1851-1904 index is based upon are available on microfilm in both Queensland State Archives’ Public Search Room at Runcorn, Brisbane, as well as at the State Library of Queensland.
To learn more about how to use the index to order copies of the original documents follow the link to the archives in Useful Links & Resources. To order, you must complete an index order form on the archive’s site. Note that charges apply for these copies.
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