Len Kenna 07.04.2015 The Second Fleet arrived in 1790, two years after the landing of the First Fleet, and found that the newly formed Colony was on the verge of collapse, because of a severe lack of food and the…
Len Kenna 05.04.2015 When I say that Indians were Pioneers in every sense of the word; I don’t mean that they pioneered Australia in the romantic image of today; fighting their way through the virgin bush with their herds of…
Len Kenna 30.03.2015 In 2001, George Lekakis Chairman of Multicultural Affairs Victoria, asked Crystal Jordan and I to write a definitive history of Indians in Australia with three main aims: To reduce Racism in Victoria. To write the History in such…
Len Kenna The small ship Sydney Cove sailed from Calcutta on the 10th of November 1796 with a crew of 8 Anglo Indians crewmen and officers, an Anglo Indian passenger and his manservant and 44 Indian Lascars, with cargo for New South…
Pugaree is the usual name for an Indian Turban it comes from either the Hindi word Pagri or the Sanskrit word Parikara. The Pugaree was adopted by the British Army in India and worn on their hats or helmets;…
In March 1858 one hundred and thirty-two Goorah Wallahs (Horse Breakers) from the Bengal Army arrived at Parramatta, New South Wales to break remount horses. They landed in Sydney and were housed at Old Government House. They got drunk the first morning after…
First Published 2006 Updated 2010/2013 Photo Collage: by Crystal Jordan © Are Indians An Ethnic Minority Vols 1-5 - Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2008-2013 When reading the following biographies the reader should have in mind that as the White Australia…