Summary heading
PP110/6 - British, Irish and Maltese migrant selection
documents, alphabetical series
Function and purpose
This series comprises applications for assisted passage to Australia under the United Kingdom and Australian Government
agreement. The form of application is completed by the applicant in the United Kingdom and returned to the Chief
Migration Officer, London. A medical examination is then arranged, and
if satisfactory, the applicant is interviewed and a recommendation is made as
to the applicant¿s suitability as a migrant.
Documents for successful applicants are forwarded to the Immigration
Department office in the state in which the migrant intends to reside at their
time of departure.
On form L.E.M. 2 the applicant is required to show: full
name, postal address, nearest railway station, date and place of birth if not
born in the United Kingdom, date of arrival, nationality, marital status,
height, weight, accompanying dependants, name and address of next of kin, full
particulars of civilian employment, proposed occupation, financial position,
and a series of questions regarding proposed accommodation and travel.
Physical characteristics
Each migrant’s application documents contain a selection of
forms which vary from item to item. However, all applicants have at least a 2
page double sided form which has four main sections - personal and service
particulars documenting the personal particulars of the migrant and any
dependants and their military service history if applicable; civilian
employment history; migrant’s declaration and certification and approval by the
Ministry of Labour and National Service. All
applications also include form K - Medical Examination form which sets out the
applicant’s medical history and approval by the Chief Migration Officer,
Australia House.
Other documents that may also be found include radiologist’s
report, clearances for return to the United Kingdom, Document of Identity, and
an approval letter stating migrant has been selected for a particular
occupation in a particular Australian state.
System of arrangement and control
The records were maintained in alphabetical order by surname
of the intending migrant while in use within the agency and this system has
been preserved upon transfer to the Archives.
Relationships with other records
This series is part of a larger group of records that
document the permanent migration of individuals to Australia. This group includes
medical examination forms, migrant selection documents, nominal rolls and
passenger cards. See series links for individual series numbers.
Finding aids
As all migrant selection documents in this series have been
entered into the RecordSearch database, a form relating to a particular
person(s) can be retrieved by keyword search in RecordSearch (limiting search
by Series No PP110/6).
Additional information
The following data was keyed from the paper transfer
documentation:
Form number: CA
17
Creating department: IMMIGRATION,
W.A. BRANCH OFFICE, RECORDS
Transferring department: IMMIGRATION,
W.A. BRANCH OFFICE, REGISTRY
Date of transfer: 16/07/1961
Archives file number: RWP28/1/26