There is an apparent lack of understanding about the roll that the Certificate of Exemption to the Dictation Test (CEDT) played during the period that the “Immigration Restriction Act 1901” known as the “White Australia Policy” was operating. The Dictation…
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…
© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 As stated by Sir Hartley Williams in 1892, "Cremation was perfectly legal and there was no law against it." The only place where cremation was ever made illegal was Japan, where in 1873 it…
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…
