Father
At sixteen years of age Richard Henry Abbott, (Ernest Henry Abbott- father and Jane Elizabeth Abbott née Keir - mother) arrived in Sydney, Australia on 17th January 1940 aboard the passenger ship Ulysses accompanied by his mother, four months after Britain declared war on Germany.
{http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Scripts/PassengerReport.asp}
Richard's father Ernest, an English maritime engineer, appears to have been in Australia when war was declared and arranged for the family to reside in the vicinity of Newcastle port in New South Wales. {http://nbhsoba.net/images/Registers/!%20Register%20Index%20Complete%20140121.xlsx}
As required by British law as a British citizen/subject Richard was called up in 1942.
ABBOTT RICHARD HENRY : Service Number - 422371 : Date of birth - 06 Jan 1924 : Place of birth - NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY : Next of Kin - ABBOTT ERNEST {http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5389535}
Richard Abbott the former Newcastle-on-Tyne labourer, now a qualified dentist, returns to the U.K. with his mother Jane on 16th April 1954 aboard P&O Strathnaver. Intending to reside at Park West, Marble Arch W1 {http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/catalogue.asp?RecordID=50142}
Mother
Fay Peters
“ mother was born in Australia but gained British citizenship when she emigrated to the UK to marry old Richard Henry Abbott.” {http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/qantas-chief-vows-to-stay/2342620.aspx?storypage=0}
On 5th November 1955 Fay Peters arrived in England at Tilbury aboard the the P&0 liner Himalaya, stating an intention to visit in the U.K. for 18 months. She gave her U.K. address at the time as Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Parents marry in England
On 12th January 1957 in the district Westminster in the county of London Fay Peters wed Richard H. Abbott.
Family arrives in Australia in 1960 after paying the princely sum of twenty pounds to emigrate from 5 Castlebar Road London to Australia
“ABBOTT Richard Henry born 6 January 1924; Fay (nee Peters) born 23 May 1933; Anthony John born 4 November 1957; Jane Elizabeth born 25 January 1959; travelled per ORONSAY departing Tilbury on 7 September 1960 under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme” Intending to live with wife’s parents at Bronte, NSW. {http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=7328488}
Tony’s progress
“Abbott is the only son of Richard and Fay Abbott, of Killara on Sydney's upper North Shore. His father has one of the largest orthodontist practices in Australia and Tony Abbott was born into the privileged world of secondary education at St Ignatius College, Riverview, one of only eight Sydney GPS schools.” {Sydney Morning Herald 27th March 1994}
Although by now an adult, Tony Abbott did not attend any interview with the Dept. Immigration and Ethnic Affairs concerning this citizenship application according to an internal memo signed by a migration officer and held in the National Archives of Australia.
Oxford academic record
{http://junkee.com/oh-this-old-thing-just-tony-abbotts-1983-academic-transcript-from-oxford-university/24136/transcript3}
When Tony Abbott was twelve years old his parents set up a company, EATONWEST PTY LTD, which acted as trustee for a family trust in which he may have been a beneficiary. The company was deregistered in 2004.
{http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1995-03-30%2F0020;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1995-03-30%2F0025%22}
{https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen}
No person holding dual citizenship can lawfully be a senator or member of the Australian Parliament.{http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/coaca430/}
In March 2014 a Mr. Tony Magrathea entered into correspondence with Oxford University concerning the possibility that Abbott held dual citizenship.
{http://tonymagrathea.blog.com/2014/06/21/tony-abbott/}
The Sun Herald expanded on this news item with “An online petition with more than 5400 signatories has called on Mr Abbott, who was born in London to a British father, to produce his British citizenship renunciation form. A spokesman for Mr Abbott last night would say only: “The Prime Minister is an Australian citizen and he does not hold citizenship of any other country.”
Political career
A broad consensus emerged in the Australian media in relation to Abbott's term in office, which is encapsulated in this 19th September 2015 quote:
“I think that it’s very important that we empower people to reject this kind of rampant sensuality.” {http://thedawnchorus.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/reasons-to-not-vote-for-tony/}
"I find it difficult enough staying faithful to the one woman for the rest of my life"
{http://francesjones.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/the-faceless-men-of-the-liberal-party/}
Tony Abbott the politician with his parents
# This post is updated whenever further information is found
9 comments:
Living proof that wealth does not buy brains.
Couple of additional comments.
Richard Abbott wasn't a "labourer" when he left Newcastle on Tyne in the first weeks after WW2 began. He was a 15 year old boy, travelling on the "1st class only" Blue Funnel liner "SS Ulysses" - presumably one of those sent seeking refuge from the war by well off families at the time.
Abbott worked briefly as a labourer (2 months) for BHP at Newcastle steelworks (NSW) when he was about 18, in 1942, before joining the RAAF, and then studying to become a dentist under Australia's armed forces reptriation scheme.
He spent 14 years in Australia before returning to England in 1954, then spent 6 years there before coming back as an 'assisted migrant".
Reply Anonymous:Couple of additional comments.
I think you'll find that Abbott's father had left school and was in work briefly before he left England and was 16 years of age when he arrived in Australia in January 1940.
U.K. records don't show the extended Abbott family in Newscastle-on-Tyne were "well off".
The full details of the family's immigration:
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx
Richard Abbott travelled to Australia with his mother (and presumably other members of the family).
He and his mother returned to Britain in 1954.
All Australians would have been British subjects in those days, same as anyone who was a subject of the Commonwealth so why would Abbott's mum have had to apply for British citiizenship? My folks were Maltese and the wer issued with Birish passports as I imagine Australians would have been. I could be wrong but Abbott was surely a subject of the Commonwealth which if that be the case their assisted migration would have been a rort, particularly seeing as they obviously had the means to come and go as they pleased. My dad was a electrical mechanic and he came and went to Australia a number of times before settling here but he always paid his own way and only once got help from the catholic church to bring my mum and their 7 kids here the final time. It really outlines Abbott's classist hypocrisy when you compare the two situations as well as his hypocrisy in demonizing so called ïllegals who are really generally found to be genuine refugees for political expediency in trying to attract the racist, fear laden voters. The process we know now as "dog whistling". I can't help thinking this bloke is as dangerous as Hitler as he doesn't seem to think of the consequences of his actions and words which continue to divide the nation and spread fear and ignorance. His dads money may have bought him an education but he seems to posses very little knowledge. Particularly when it comes to society and the things which keep it united. Like Malcolm Fraser said ""He is a very dangerous politician". he may unleash forces which he will find become uncontrollable over time.
Yes Tony Abbott came from a family that had struggle from labourer to univerity study to become a family whose ethics and philosophy enabled them to bring up 4 very unique independant children.
Tony has been part of a TEAM, with Margie, who can be judged by the way thei daughters have grown as indepnedant women with a philosophy that embareces the very bets in involvement with their community and life.
So maybe you might know when he applied for citizenship by decent? There doesnt seem to be any proof in the national archives and his citizenship seems quite noticeable in its absence from your writings. Even he would have to fill in forms and apply for citizenship by decent, it doesnt just come because you say your mum is an aussie
Abbott has never applied for Australian citizenship. It wasn't required until Hawke's Australia Act came into force in 1983/4
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