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	Augustin, Babette
Current Holder	State Library of Western Australia
Period Of Reference	1912/1967
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	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/JFQNIGCB/
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/86AGD2CM/