Marriage: Love and Law exhibition catalogue - Flipbook - Page 73
Post-war European migrants brought various identity documents to Australia
with them, including ‘family books’. They were issued to a bride and groom
and provided legal certification that a marriage had taken place (51).
The books also were used to record the births of children, and in some cases,
deaths in the family. The family booklets not only function as records,
but they provide a unique example of mid-20th Century European graphic
design (52–55).
51 Supreme Court of NSW
Family book: Louis Dafflon –
Susanne Dafflon
Paper booklet with card
cover
1945
NSW State Archives,
NRS 13495 2706/1956
52 Supreme Court of NSW
Family book: Bronislaw
Jeleniewicz – Veronica
Jeleniewicz
Paper booklet with green
card cover
1949
NSW State Archives,
NRS 13495 539/1957
53 Supreme Court of NSW
Family book: Hendrik van
Kuilenburg – Everdina van
Kuilenburg
Hard covered booklet,
blocked colour, with gold,
decorative endpapers
1951
52
53
54
55
NSW State Archives,
NRS 13495 3294/1954
54 Supreme Court of NSW
Family book: Gustaaf van
Santen – Juliana van Santen
Paper booklet with card
cover
1948
NSW State Archives,
NRS 13495 1794/1959
55 Supreme Court of NSW
Family book: Arpad Farkas –
Elizabeth Farkas
Paper booklet with soft
cover
1947
NSW State Archives,
NRS 13495 83/1954
51
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