The father of four and grandfather of eight was officially handed an Australian Citizenship during celebrations at Alexandra Gardens on Australia Day.

Mr Carroll said he wasn't expecting to be so overcome with emotion after living in the country for almost 60 years.

"I consider myself a fairly placid sort of guy, but I felt a little bit emotional to be honest," he said.

"It was a very proud moment."

Mr Carroll was born in Pakistan in 1942 to British parents. Civil unrest in the region saw his family return to England in 1948 before deciding to relocate to Australia just months before the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

After thinking about becoming an Australian citizen for many years, Mr Carroll said the prospect of an overseas trip at Easter was the motivation to finally take the next step.

"I am a retired electrician and I worked for Toyota in Altona for 10 years," he said.

"I was lucky enough through that job to get a trip to Japan, so I organised a British passport and visa for that, but of course I let it expire.

"My daughter wants to go to America, she was planning on doing it when she turns 50 and then they all of sudden they wanted to go sooner and want me to come with them.

"I have had the citizenship papers in my folder for about five years and I kept meaning to fill them out, but with this trip I finally had to get off my bum and do it in order to get an Australian passport.

"That's all in the process now and I guess it means if I get into any trouble over in America, Tony Abbott will have to come and get me - That's if he is still in his job!"

Mr Carroll has considered himself a true blue fair dinkum Aussie for a long time and now he has the paperwork to prove it.

"I have paid a lot of taxes, drank a lot of beer, so I think I have earned my spot," he said.