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"HOMSEY -The Friends of the late Mr. RICHARD (Dick) HOMSEY are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment in the Melbourne Cemetery Carlton. The funeral is appointed to move from his residence 255 Spring street Melbourne…

Includes Renunciation of Syrian Nationality, Oath of Allegiance, Application for certificate of Naturalisation, Householders Certificates, Statutory Declaration, Report on Application for Naturalisation and relevant correspondences.

Richard Homsie, 255 Spring Street, Melbourne, rubber worker, Assyrian, 49 years old, 5/6, black hair and eyes.

Born 14th March, 1876 at Assyria Father Assyrian - Abraham Homsie

Arrived from Port Said (Egypt), April 1887 at Port Melbourne…

Details the arrival of Fakhry back into Melbourne, Australia on the ship "Moeraki". (Readmission to Australia authorised on the 2/9/1925).
Resides at 202 Faraday Street, Carlton.
Unfortunately the Shipping and Migration Return Form was blank.

Application form for Mary Homsey, Syrian women living in Melbourne, containing some personal details.

Gives details of 5 Syrian passengers (names illegible) arriving in Fremantle, WA, in transit to Sydney, NSW.

Newspaper article describing a Sydney Syrian man, Elias Dan, who was found guilty of attempting to bribe a customs officer and fined £150.

Newspaper article describing the arrival of immigrants to Brisbane, including farmhands from Syria.