Function and purpose

This series consists of Personal statement by alien passenger forms, which were filled out by every alien passenger who arrived in Australia from overseas. These forms have instructions on one side explaining how the form was to be filled out. The passenger personal details were filled out on the reverse side of the form. The information collected includes the passengers names, date and place of birth, personal description, nationality, their place of resident in country of origin and intended place of residence whilst in Australia and the intended duration of their stay. The application also records details of any family that was accompanying the applicant. The means of travel is listed on the application stating the name of the ship or flight number and the date of arrival in Australia and where they disembarked or landed.

System of arrangement and control

A multiple number system was imposed on this series at item level when work was commenced on it in November 2002. The first number in the sequence represents the country (nationality) of the person/s on the application form. This list is below. The second number was imposed on each item consecutively after they were arranged in alphabetical order according to surname.

Finding aids

All items in the custody of the National Archives of Australia have been entered onto the item level database.

Series history

This series was originally transferred into archival custody as CP181/1/1. Work conducted by the National Archives of Australia in 2002 resulted in the bundles the series was transferred in as, being broken into individual items to facilitate easier retrieval of these items. This series was converted to CRS A12508 (Transfer Job No. 2002/5147625).