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…
© Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 2014 updated 2016 When sugar plantations were under construction in Australia there was a mass migration of workers from across Asia, Pacific Islands and India. Some Indians settled in North Queensland and established cane…
Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan © August 10, 2016 Butten Singh, known also known as Thomas Buttan/Butten/Button Singh, was born 1871 in Jullunder, India, and was the son of Rosal Singh and his mother’s name was Wotombe. He arrived in…
