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Offline Jennaya

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Re: Native of Australia
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 27 August 11 11:55 BST (UK) »
I agree that in this context "native" just means where born. The Australian town where I live has an old cemetery and people born in England, Ireland and Scotland often have "native of..." and the name of the town and country where they were born eg native of Glasgow, Scotland

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Re: Native of Australia
« Reply #10 on: Monday 10 October 11 11:04 BST (UK) »
Most 19th Century BDM's that I have seen have a section "Time in Colony/State" and refers to persons from overseas ie not native born. In answer to "Birthplace of Father or mother", quite often, particularly with Convicts, it is common to have the name of the ship they came to Australia in, rather than a place name. A person 'Native Born" is one who is born in Australia, usually of European parents.
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