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Australian Indian History – Ozziesjourney

Australian Indian History – Ozziesjourney

  • April 10, 2015
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  • Animation, Bass Strait, First Fleet, Hanging, Hawkers, Hindu, Indian, Ozziesjourney, Sikh, Storekeeper, Videos

COME ON A JOURNEY WITH OZZIE THE INDIAN AS HE DISCOVERS SOME OF HIS AUSTRALIAN INDIAN HISTORY.   There are five of these videos uploaded onto youtube, the links are below. Australian Indian History - Ozziesjourney 1 The Journey of…

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First Cremations In Australia

First Cremations in Australia

  • April 10, 2015
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  • Cremation, Hawkers, Indian, Sikh

Extract from: SIKH AND HINDU CREMATIONS IN AUSTRALIA; Putarb Singh Henty and Albury Indian Cemetery by Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2015. (This book footnoted) As stated by Sir Hartley Williams in 1892, "Cremation was perfectly legal and there was no law…

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THE PUGGAREE IN AUSTRALIA

THE PUGGAREE IN AUSTRALIA

  • March 11, 2015
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  • Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Puggaree, Sikh, Soldier, WW1, WWII

  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;…

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Bengal Army At Parramatta NSW 1858

Bengal Army at Parramatta NSW 1858

  • March 10, 2015
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  • Bengal Army, Hindu, Horses, Indian, Muslim, Remounts, Sikh, Soldier

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…

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PUTARB SINGH – Henty New South Wales

PUTARB SINGH – Henty New South Wales

  • January 9, 2015
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  • Burial, Cremation, Hawkers, Indian, Indian Cemetery, Memorial, Plaque, Sikh

 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…

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Bud Singh A Pioneer

Bud Singh A Pioneer

  • October 1, 2014
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  • Hawkers, Indian, Memorial, Plaque, Sikh, Soldier, Storekeeper

© 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…

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GUNGA SINGH MEMORIAL AT HAMILTON CEMETERY VICTORIA

GUNGA SINGH MEMORIAL AT HAMILTON CEMETERY VICTORIA

  • July 11, 2013
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  • Burial, Cremation, Hawkers, Indian, Memorial, Pioneers, Sikh

Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan © 2013 Len Kenna was born in Hamilton, Victoria, and as a young boy and he remembers an Indian Hawker, Gunter Singh, a Sikh, who visited his family home in his horse and wagon.  Len's mother…

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Indians Gallipoli And World War One

Indians Gallipoli and World War One

  • April 20, 2013
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  • 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., ANZAC, Gallipoli, Hawkers, Hindu, Indian, Light Horse Regiment, Muslim, Puggaree, Sikh, Soldier, WW1

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…

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Bud Singh – Yerranderie NSW

Bud Singh – Yerranderie NSW

  • March 24, 2012
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  • Hawkers, Indian, Plaque, Sikh, Soldier, Storekeeper

© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan First Published 24 March 2012 Updated October 2014 Bud Singh A Sikh Pioneer Bud Singh was born in 1873 in the Punjab, India.  He arrived in Australia in 1899.   He stated that he was…

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