Bhugwan Singh was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India in 1875. He arrived in Australia in 1899 and lived in the Quambatook, Kerang and District area for the duration of his stay in Australia. He was absent from Australia from 1910-11…
Private Sarn Singh A.I.F - WWI Sarn Singh (sic Saran Singh Johal) was the eldest of the six son's of Chaudhri Kishen Singh who was Zaildar of Jandiala, Phillaur, Tehsil, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. His brother Charan Singh mentioned in his…
Jundah Singh was a Indian hawker, storekeeper and cattle dealer in Tumut, Stoney Creek, Rydal and Kandos, New South Wales. He married Australian woman, Harriet Bromwich, known as Emma, at Bathurst, NSW. Jundah was 47 years of age…
MONGA KHAN WAS NEVER A CAMELEER - HE WAS AN INDIAN HAWKER IN VICTORIA AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO BE A REAL AUSSIE. The Myth about Monga Khan is untrue and exploits him. He was never a Cameleer or…
PUGAREE - Written by J.M.G. Queensland 1932 Pugaree! Oh pugaree! Splendour of old memory – Emblem of the man upon the land – When he place it on his head With its dangling tassels spread. “Twas the pride of jackeroo…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CiAEXxXmeY&feature=youtu.be SAVING MEER SINGH'S WAGON Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan located and purchased a 19th Century, very rare, original museum piece Indian Hawker’s Wagon, which is in a state of disrepair. Len and Crystal intend in the near future to transport…
Budna Singh arrived in Western Australia in ca.1908 from Moga District, Ferozepur, Punjab, India where he had three wives, Bhago, Goree and Harro.[1] He worked as a hawker in the mining areas of Western Australia. When hawking in these areas…
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…
Putarb was an itinerant hawker in Victoria and New South Wales. When he retired from hawking Putarb settled in Henty, New South Wales and lived in a shed behind the saleyards. He was a picturesque figure in Henty and remembered…
