Glamallie Khan (Ghulam Ali Khan[1]) ©Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2017 Glamallie Khan (Ghulam Ali Khan) was the son of Azimullah (Mulla) and Roshenay Khan. His father, Mulla, was the son of Shere Khan in Mohri, Gujurat, India (now Pakistan) where…
Sadhu Sundar Singh was born on the 3rd of September 1889 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He was the son of Sher Singh who was a Sikh. When Sundar was a young boy his mother took him to visit a Sadhu…
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…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2017 The first match of Men’s Inter-Varsity Hockey was played at the Melbourne University Oval in 1909. The hockey team from Sydney University competed against Melbourne University with Melbourne being the victors. Hockey Teams…
1890 -1892 The first Authorised Official and Registered Cremation in Australia was in 1890 (1), when a Chinese leper named Foo Choo, who had been a patient at the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean, died and was cremated at the Station.(2) However,…
