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…
© by Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan There are many Stations, Towns and Districts in Australia that have Indian names. This is because the pioneer’s of these places had links to India. For example, Punjaub, Walwa, Walwa Plains Runs, and…
Who was the first Sikh to wear a turban in the Australian Imperial Forces? © Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 28 July 2017
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…
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…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan February 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 and that he had performed…
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…
Bhugwan Singh was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India in 1875. He arrived in Australia in 1899 and lived in the Quambatook, Kerang and District area for the duration of his stay in Australia. He was absent from Australia from 1910-11…