© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan Photograph Meer Khan courtesy of K. Drayton-Korda Geelong Hist. Soc. On the 24 November 1944 Sir Raghunath Paranjpye arrived in Melbourne becoming the first Indian High Commissioner to Australia thus establishing formal relations between…
On Sunday 12th December 2021 at the Siva Singh Memorial, Benalla Foreshore near the Library, Fawckner Drive, a ceremony will be held celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the first documented reading of a Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Sikh…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2021 Nadan Singh was born in c. 1872 at Hardaspura Village, Tehsil Barnala, Punjab, India and migrated to New South Wales, Australia in 1894. He lived and worked as a Hawker, using a horse…
Gamble Singh (aka Gambil/Gambol), was an Indian Hawker from the Punjab who lived and worked in the Albury and Wodonga District hawking with a wagon drawn by two horses. Gamble followed the Sikh Religion and as is the custom of…
Australian Indian History Ozziesjourney 1The Journey of Ozzie the Indian is about how Ozzie finds out about his Australian Indian History and will proceed to teach others what he has learned.Australian Indian History Ozziesjourney 2First Fleet BOLLYWOOD THEME. Captain Phillip…
© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2019 Indian Hawkers supplied a large range of items used in everyday life for people in cities and towns throughout Australia. One on those hawkers was Siva Singh, who hawked in the Benalla District,…
SIVA SINGH'S WAGON WILL BE RETURNED TO BE ON DISPLAY AT BENALLA AS SOON AS A SUITABLE SITE IS FOUND TO HOUSE ITSEE STORY ABOUT SIVA'S WAGON Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2019. Siva Singh arrived in Australia in approximately…
AUSTRIALA VICH SIKHAN DA ITIHAS NEW RELEASE Title: SIKH HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA Authors: Len Kenna and Crystal JordanThis book has been translated into Punjabi by Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Published by: Australian Indian Historical Society…
