NAA: A1, 1905/6959
Bohlsen, Berllia Amelia
Digital copy - 3498
| Occupation as written | Laundry Proprietor |
| Standardised occupation | DS03: Domestic service - Other service |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1905 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 22 Nov 1905 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Germany |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 50 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 22 |
| Port of Departure | Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Sydney |
| Date of arrival | 1 Dec 1877 |
| Name of ship | SS Star of India |
| Voyage | Star of India (1877-12-01) |
| Address in Australia | 389 Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 27 years |
| Previous address 1 | Orange |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 2 years |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
7: four male and three female. |
| Name of reference | William Gibb |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Berllia came on the "Star of India", an iron-hulled sailing ship, built in 1863 in Ramsey, Isle of Man as the full-rigged ship, Euterpe. After a career sailing from Great Britain to India and New Zealand, she became a salmon hauler on the Alaska to California route. Retired in 1926, she was restored as a seaworthy museum ship in 1962–3 and home-ported at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in San Diego, California. She is the oldest ship still sailing regularly and also the oldest iron-hulled merchant ship still floating.[4] The ship is both a California Historical Landmark and United States National Historic Landmark.
Letter attached to her requesting she complete Form D (Oath of Allegiance) and return it.