Edith May CROOK - Passport Issue - Passage to South Africa from Australia

[jenster]

It has been a long time since I last posted on RootsChat and the site appears to have changed dramatically.  Apologies if I haven't used the correct forum for this request.

Very recently new information came to light regarding Edith May CROOK (nee WYATT) from a living descendent.  It is now known that she left Australia for South Africa during the early 1950's.  Before I post a request on the South Africa forum I would like to obtain more definitive information to narrow the time frame and hopefully know her destination port in South Africa.

Is there a way of researching the issue of Australian passports in the 1940's and 1950's?

Which resource should I use to research outward journeys from Australia to South Africa?

Edith was born in 1885, which would make her approximately 65 when she left Australia.  Edith might have travelled under her maiden name WYATT, or her surname from her first marriage CRONIN.  I suspect she was not divorced from her first husband when she married Robert James
CROOK.  Or she could have found a new partner and travelled using his surname.

Many thanks, Jenster.

[majm]

Hi there,

If she had a then current British passport, she would have travelled on it, as Australian passports only date from 1949, which is when Australian Citizenship commenced.   Sorry, but I am not familiar with any 1940s-1950s records which have lists of passports issued.   

Cheers,  JM

[jenster]

Thank you JM for the information relating to the commencement date for Australian passports.

Cheers, Jenster