© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan Tarka Singh was born in India in 1869 and migrated to Malaytown, Cairns, Queensland. In 1928 he married Mary nee Bullis. He had a mixed farm at near J. D. Saul and Company's Meatworks, Queerah, White Rock, and grew,…
READ RESEARCH NOTES OF THE PLAY IT HAPPENED IN HEYWOOD by Len Kenna 2001 Our journey into Indian Historical Research began in 1985. However, while researching Indian Hawkers in the Western District of Victoria in 1987, Mrs. Ball, from Digby,…
Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan © 2018 His Highness, Maharajah Rana, Sir Bhawani Singh K.C.S.I. was the ruling Prince of Jhalawar, a province of Rajpiutana, situated in Central Indian between Delhi and Bombay. The State of Jhalawar relied upon agriculture and wheat,…
Glamallie Khan (Ghulam Ali Khan[1]) ©Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2017 Glamallie Khan (Ghulam Ali Khan) was the son of Azimullah (Mulla) and Roshenay Khan. His father, Mulla, was the son of Shere Khan in Mohri, Gujurat, India (now Pakistan) where…
Sadhu Sundar Singh was born on the 3rd of September 1889 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He was the son of Sher Singh who was a Sikh. When Sundar was a young boy his mother took him to visit a Sadhu…
© by Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan First Publisher 2016 Updated 2018 HOW THE AUSTRALIAN PUNJAUB GOT ITS NAME There are many Stations, Towns and Districts in Australia that have Indian names. This is because the pioneer’s of these places…
Who was the first Sikh to wear a turban in the Australian Imperial Forces? © Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 28 July 2017
Saturday 10th June 2017. Private Sarn Singh Johal and Private Nain Singh Sailani were honoured at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, with a Wreath Laying at the Last Post Ceremony, by the The High Commissioner of India in Australia…
