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…
Flying Officer Frederic SINGH - Aka: STUART Frederic Robert Hamilton Singh born on the 20 July 1918 and Margaret Helen Hamilton Singh who enlisted in the Royal Australian Airforce (R.A.A.F.) during World War Two were the great-great-grandchildren of Dabee Singh, a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmmd1-k-9Sg The story of Fatta Chand Video. by Crystal Jordan.
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 & 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…
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2015 Ninety-two years ago on the 17 September 1924, Bolah/Bhola Singh and his wife had this photo taken on the wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The couple, from the Punjab, India were on…
In 1922 the President of the Servants of India, the Hon. V. S. Sastri, toured Australia and spoke at public gatherings, including town halls in the capitial cities and addressed full houses or standing room only audiences. At the completion…
When sugar plantations were under construction in Australia their was a mass migration of workers from across Asia, Pacific Islands and India. Some Indians settled in North Queensland and established cane farms and other agricultural pursuits and have lived in…
