Pondering My Status as an Australian.
(very tongue in cheek.) There has been an on going discussion, in the Australian Parliament as to wether several members are really Australian citizens or by descent something else, entirely. This got me thinking; Am I really an Aussie? Could I really be a Pom?! Let me explain. My Dad, Matthew, was born in The Colony of New South Wales, in October 1896, (yes that is correct). Making him a British Subject. Now as I was born, pre 1983, I fell into a sort of grey area. This is from Wikipedia and is as confusing as anything, because you have to know which of the Acts, you are covered under. Now I was born AFTER 1948. Australia retained the status of British subject until the Australian Citizenship Amendment Act 1984 removed Part II of the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 effective on 1 May 1987. Between 1 January 1983 and 1 May 1987 a British citizen and an Australian citizen were both British subjects under Australian law, but not under United Kingdom law....