Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2019. Siva Singh arrived in Australia in approximately 1896 and obtained his first hawker’s license in 1898. He quickly established himself as part of the local community and by 1915 Siva owned a total of…
Edmonton Temple QldEdmonton Temple 2016Edmonton 2018.jpgKaram Singh Edmonton Canecutters Cairns 19341890sAloomba Canecutters Gordonvale 2011 After many years of researching Sikh History with the Sikhs in North Queensland it was decided at a meeting with the Sangat at the Edmonton Gurudwara…
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…
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…
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…
© 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…
Extract from: SIKH AND HINDU CREMATIONS IN AUSTRALIA...by Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2015. Putarb Singh aka Purtarb, was an itinerant hawker in Victoria and New South Wales. When he retired from hawking Putarb settled in Henty, New South Wales…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan First Published February 2012 Bud Singh Updated 2014 Bud Singh was born in 1873 in the Punjab, India. He arrived in Australia in 1899. He stated that he was in the Cavalry in India…
Ali Bux Khan was born ca.1861 in India. He and his wife, Boor Bebe had two children, Mahomet Fazal Khan and Reicham Bebe and lived in the village of Pahund Giran, Gujrat, Punjab, India. Ali arrived in Australia ca.1891 and…
