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AUSTRALIAN SIKH & HINDU – INDIAN WRESTLERS

AUSTRALIAN SIKH & HINDU – INDIAN WRESTLERS

  • September 21, 2016
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  • Hawkers, Indian, Sikh, Wrestlers

© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide…

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A TYPICAL AUSSIE

A TYPICAL AUSSIE

  • May 27, 2016
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  • Banana Grower, Boer War, Citizenship, Farmers, Fruit Grower, Hawkers, Indian, Muslim, Sikh, Soldier, Sugar Cane, Wrestlers, WW1

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…

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BUDNA SINGH – Leederville W. A.

BUDNA SINGH – Leederville W. A.

  • January 23, 2016
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  • Cameleer, Cremation, Hawkers, Indian, Sikh, Wrestlers

© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 As stated by Sir Hartley Williams in 1892, "Cremation was perfectly legal and there was no law against it."  The only place where cremation was ever made illegal was Japan, where in 1873 it…

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MASSA SINGH CHAHAL- CARTAGE CONTRACTER, HAWKER, WRESTLER & ATHLETE

MASSA SINGH CHAHAL- CARTAGE CONTRACTER, HAWKER, WRESTLER & ATHLETE

  • January 21, 2016
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  • Cameleer, Cremation, Indian, Sikh, Wrestlers

Massa Singh the son of Jhanda Singh Chahal was born in the Kaleke, Amritsar, Punjab, India, in 1872. He is believed to have arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1896 at age 25. Massa Singh is recorded as sailing to Adelaide…

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