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AUSTRALIAN SIKH & HINDU – INDIAN WRESTLERS

AUSTRALIAN SIKH & HINDU – INDIAN WRESTLERS

  • September 21, 2016
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  • Hawkers, Indian, Sikh, Wrestlers

© 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…

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BOLAH/BHOLA SINGH – DAIRY FARMER NEW ZEALAND 1924

BOLAH/BHOLA SINGH – DAIRY FARMER NEW ZEALAND 1924

  • September 17, 2016
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  • Farmers, Indian, Sikh

© 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…

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RT. HON. V. S. S. SASTRI IN AUSTRALIA 1922

RT. HON. V. S. S. SASTRI IN AUSTRALIA 1922

  • August 17, 2016
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  • Citizenship, Indian

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…

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Mungal Singh – Sugar Cane Farmer In Queensland

Mungal Singh – Sugar Cane Farmer in Queensland

  • August 12, 2016
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  • Citizenship, Farmers, Hawkers, Indian, Sikh, Sugar Cane

© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 updated 2016 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…

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BUTTEN SINGH – BANANA FARMER AT COORAN QUEENSLAND

BUTTEN SINGH – BANANA FARMER AT COORAN QUEENSLAND

  • August 10, 2016
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  • Banana Grower, Farmers, Indian, Sikh

       

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DELEEPA SINGH

DELEEPA SINGH

  • August 7, 2016
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  • Farmers, Fruit Grower, Indian, Sikh

 

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MOHAMED GUJAR (GUJER)

MOHAMED GUJAR (GUJER)

  • July 18, 2016
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  • Boer War, Hawkers, Indian, Muslim, Soldier

Mohamed Gujar or Gujer arrived in Australia in 1891 and lived and worked in Warrnambool where he began his life in Australia as a hawker. He was also known as Khan Mahomed and Charles or Charlie Mohamed.  Mohamed Gujar, whose…

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HUKUM SINGH

HUKUM SINGH

  • July 15, 2016
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  • Farmers, Hawkers, Indian, Sikh, Sugar Cane

Hukum Singh Sihota (Sahota) was from Bara Pind Village, Jalandhar, Punjab, India and came to Australia ca.1900.  He may have been a Hawker, Farmer, Sugar Cane Cutter or Farmer or worked on farms in Victoria, New South Wales or Queensland.…

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Amah Singh A.I.F.  –  WWI

Amah Singh A.I.F. – WWI

  • July 12, 2016
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  • A.I.F., Indian, Medals, Navy, WW1

©Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2015. Amah or Ahmar SINGH (Aka John James Lawrence or Laurence and Ahmar Gaga Singh)[1] stated on official records that he was the son of Arthur Laurence, a Sea Captain and Catherine Spencer and that…

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A TYPICAL AUSSIE

A TYPICAL AUSSIE

  • May 27, 2016
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  • Banana Grower, Boer War, Citizenship, Farmers, Fruit Grower, Hawkers, Indian, Muslim, Sikh, Soldier, Sugar Cane, Wrestlers, WW1

Monga Khan an Indian Hawker from the Punjab, India, was one of the British Subjects in Australia before the National Citizenship Act 1948. He was an itinerant worker whose intention was to make money to send back to his family…

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