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Babette and Franz Joseph Augustin papers

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Title
Babette and Franz Joseph Augustin papers
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Germany--Emigration and immigration
German diaries
German language--Writing
Western Australia--History
World War, 1914-1918--Australia
War stories
Farmers
Birth certificates
Category
2. National boundaries
3. World War I
Author
Augustin, Babette
Augustin, Franz Joseph
Graham, G., translator
Person
Babette
Current holder
State Library of Western Australia
Period of reference
1912 – 1967
Link
https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1907816_114
https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1907816?lang=eng
Series number
MN 1744
Item number
ACC 5258A
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
In Copyright / Copyright or other restrictions may apply. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Fremantle
Emmering
Language
German
English
Description from source
2 cm. A digital reproduction is also available online.

Birth certificate (1912) and vaccination notice (1913) for Franz Joseph Augustin; Babette Augustin's original German diary (dated 1912-1917) and photocopy of handwritten English translation of diary by G. Graham, 1967.

Babette Augustin was born in Bavaria, Germany about 1888. In 1912, with her husband Leonhardt, she travelled from Emmering in Bavaria to Western Australia, arriving at Fremantle on 25 March. They eventually settled in the Buntine district where she and her husband farmed and brought up their family. The diary covers the period 24 February 1912 to 15 July 1917. It records her and her husband's journey from Germany to Western Australia and their subsequent experiences finding land on which to settle and the work of clearing it. Farming, building a home, starting a family, losing a baby and being German in Western Australia during World War I are also covered.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Diaries
Certificates
Typescripts
Related resources
https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1907816_115
Bibliographic citation
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