Miroslav Schimana
1924-
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Miroslav Schimana by
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Miroslav Schimana - Doctor of Laws (Prague), Barrister and Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of Victoria
In 1945 Australia's population was 7.4 million. By 1963 it was
10.9 million, a 47% increase. This increase was as a result of changes
in immigration policy when post war Australian Governments assisted people
from Europe to migrate. That assistance carried an obligation to
accept employment for two years in a place decided by the Immigration Department.
This policy appeared reasonable to its proposer, A.A. Calwell, the first
Minister for Migration but not to everyone who came. As most employment
available was labour intensive it meant that qualified migrants who could
have helped the Australian community with their training and skills were
often required to work as labourers. Miro Schimana was one who was
assigned to heavy work. He spoke Czech and German and had studied
French and Latin. After learning English "in the gutters of Geelong"
he commenced to study law again, this time at Melbourne University.
An account of Miro's life during wartime and communist domination in
Czechoslovakia, his escape in 1948, and his success and popularity as a
Geelong lawyer is held in this collection.
Arrangement of material
The list below describes material held in the Miroslav Schimana archive
box, which is located at 340.099452
Schima Hil/Msc on the shelves in
the Geelong Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront
campus. The material has been arranged in date order.
| Date |
Title |
Item no. |
| 17/2/1924 |
Photocopy of birth certificate |
MS1 |
| 1942 |
Photograph with matriculation class, Prague |
MS2 |
| 15/6/1949 |
Photocopy of letter of reference from International Refugee Organisation |
MS3 |
| 20/6/1949 |
Photocopy of reference from International Refugee Organisation |
MS4 |
| 27/7/1949 |
Photocopy of reference from Chief Steward M/S Skaugum |
MS5 |
| 16/5/1952 |
Photocopy of International Harvester Register |
MS6 |
| 8/7/1955 |
Photocopy of Naturalization Certificate |
MS7 |
| 1961 |
Extract from Law Institute Journal re M. Schimana being admitted to
practice |
MS8 |
| 1991 |
Photograph receiving Doctor's degree from the Law Faculty of
the Charles University, Prague
 |
MS9 |
| 1991 |
Photograph with matriculation class of 1942 taken in Prague |
MS10 |
| 1994 |
Photograph at Barwon Heads Golf Club
[Click on image to enlarge it] |
MS11 |
| 1996 |
Biography by V. Hill |
MS12 |
| 16/5/1996 |
Photograph at rededication of Tyssen's grave |
MS13 |
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