FATTA CHAND – 1891
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmmd1-k-9Sg The story of Fatta Chand Video. by Crystal Jordan.
THE MOST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN INDIAN HISTORY
Why have both LEN KENNA & CRYSTAL JORDAN worked on Australian Indian History for so long? From both of our childhoods we have had a strong interest in India. Also, it is common for Australians to work long term in this…
AUSTRALIAN SIKH & HINDU – INDIAN WRESTLERS
© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide…
BOLAH/BHOLA SINGH – DAIRY FARMER NEW ZEALAND 1924
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2015 Ninety-two years ago on the 17 September 1924, Bolah/Bhola Singh and his wife had this photo taken on the wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The couple, from the Punjab, India were on…
RT. HON. V. S. S. SASTRI IN AUSTRALIA 1922
In 1922 the President of the Servants of India, the Hon. V. S. Sastri, toured Australia and spoke at public gatherings, including town halls in the capitial cities and addressed full houses or standing room only audiences. At the completion…
Mungal Singh – Sugar Cane Farmer in Queensland
When sugar plantations were under construction in Australia their was a mass migration of workers from across Asia, Pacific Islands and India. Some Indians settled in North Queensland and established cane farms and other agricultural pursuits and have lived in…
MOHAMED GUJAR (GUJER)
Mohamed Gujar or Gujer arrived in Australia in 1891 and lived and worked in Warrnambool where he began his life in Australia as a hawker. He was also known as Khan Mahomed and Charles or Charlie Mohamed. Mohamed Gujar, whose…
HUKUM SINGH
Hukum Singh Sihota (Sahota) was from Bara Pind Village, Jalandhar, Punjab, India and came to Australia ca.1900. He may have been a Hawker, Farmer, Sugar Cane Cutter or Farmer or worked on farms in Victoria, New South Wales or Queensland.…