© by Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan First Publisher 2016 Updated 2018 HOW THE AUSTRALIAN PUNJAUB GOT ITS NAME There are many Stations, Towns and Districts in Australia that have Indian names. This is because the pioneer’s of these places…
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 & Crystal Jordan First Published 2014 Updated 2017 In 1888 Clunes-Ross formed a phosphate mining settlement at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island. A year later 8 European Managers, 5 Sikh Policeman, 200 Chinese and a few Malayan…
Mohan Singh. An Undersirable Character in Western Australia. Courtesy National Archives Australia. NAA: A1, 1927/1901 © Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2017 Mohan Singh alias Rustan Singh was a Jat Sikh who was born about 1879 and he was the…
© 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…
© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan Are Indians an Ethnic Minority? Vols. 1-5 - 2008-2013. 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…
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.…
The effects of hegemony on any given population varies depending upon a range of circumstances. For example: in India where Indianisation of some Government bodies commenced decades before Independence and this Indianisation increased rapidly after Independence until all Government positions…
