© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 As stated by Sir Hartley Williams in 1892, "Cremation was perfectly legal and there was no law against it." The only place where cremation was ever made illegal was Japan, where in 1873 it…
https://youtu.be/NNmvhbkfv4Q The first reading of an Akhand Path (a Sikh religious ceremony) in Australia took place on a farm owned by Siva Singh at Benalla, Victoria. It was read for Herman Singh by his son Isar Singh on the 16 December…
Rulia Singh a well known Sikh Hawker at Timboon, Victoria, was courageous when he entered his burning home by knocking boards off the wall, to save his two kittens that were trapped under the floorboards in 1934. His hut, contents…
Pre 1950 the Common at Lavington, New South Wales, was declared a cemetery and was used to cremate Indians who lived in the area, many of whom had served in the Indian Army under General Roberts. This was not unusual as…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2013 updated 2014 and 2015 Desunda Singh sent this photo to Albert Moody SA. ca.1917. photo: Crystal Jordan 2013 Dasunda Singh was born in Kapurthala, Punjab, India in 1879. He was the son of…
As stated by Sir Hartley Williams in 1892, "Cremation was perfectly legal and there was no law against it." The only place where cremation was ever made illegal was Japan, where in 1873 it was abolished by law, in the…
© Crystal Jordan and Len Kenna The Australian Indian Historical Society was contacted by Kartar Singh Sandhu one of Sardar Mehar (Meyer) Singh Sandhu’s grandsons. Kartar asked for information and acknowledgement of his grandfather’s time in Australia. His grandfather was…
© Crystal Jordan and Len Kenna Said Ahmad Shah also known as Ahmed and Hamid was a tall well built man, and a Moslem High Priest who was born in India about 1867. He was also a Hawker in Australia…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2013 Was Dasunda Singh’s name incorrectly recorded as Private Desanda Singh when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 1st of November 1917? He was given the Service Number of 3720 and…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 20.04.2015 On the day of the initial landing at Gallipoli, 19 year…