Migrants from India have been arriving on Australian shores since the early days of settlement and possibly before that time. However, this article is concentrating on Indians that arrived in Australia after European Settlement in 1788. The Indians that arrived…
Sketches of soldiers from 100 of the Indian Contingent that were at the Commonwealth of Australia Inaugural Celebrations. The contingent left Bombay, India for Sydney, Australia on the 23 November 1900 and returned to India to 4 April 1901from Sydney.…
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…
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…
Monga Khan an Indian Hawker from the Punjab, India, was one of the British Subjects in Australia before the National Citizenship Act 1948. He was an itinerant worker whose intention was to make money to send back to his family…
There is an apparent lack of understanding about the roll that the Certificate of Exemption to the Dictation Test (CEDT) played during the period that the “Immigration Restriction Act 1901” known as the “White Australia Policy” was operating. The Dictation…
MONGA KHAN WAS NEVER A CAMELEER - HE WAS AN INDIAN HAWKER IN VICTORIA AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO BE A REAL AUSSIE. The Myth about Monga Khan is untrue and exploits him. He was never a Cameleer or…
PUGAREE - Written by J.M.G. Queensland 1932 Pugaree! Oh pugaree! Splendour of old memory – Emblem of the man upon the land – When he place it on his head With its dangling tassels spread. “Twas the pride of jackeroo…
First Published 2014 © Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA The Commonwealth of Australia was Federated on the Tuesday 1 January 1901 by representatives from all of the countries of the British Empire. One of the largest contingents…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2014 Have you ever wondered how Indian Sailors were treated while sailing on trading vessels that visited Australia in the early days of Settlement? When the “Shar of Hormus” landed in Sydney, in the…