Source Information
Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Index to Naturalisation Certificates, 1851-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: Chief Secretary's Department. Index to Naturalization Certificates (1851–1922), VPRS 4396. Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
About Victoria, Australia, Index to Naturalisation Certificates, 1851-1928
This collection includes images of a card index to naturalisation certificates issued to non-British subjects in Victoria, Australia. The actual certificates are in the custody of the National Archives of Australia, Canberra, and may be able to be obtained by contacting Reference Services. For more information about the naturalisation holdings of the National Archives of Australia, see Naturalisation records held in Canberra – Fact sheet 68.
Details on the cards include the name of the person, occupation, place of residence, age, native place, the date and number of the certificate, and the reference to the record book and page. In some cases, you may find references to name changes or naturalisations that have been revoked.