Gallipoli – Ram Singh The Hawker From Casterton Victoria
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 20.04.2015 On the day of the initial landing at Gallipoli, 19 year…
Sikhs – Foundation Members of the R.S.L – Esur & Nurain Singh
Esur Singh, Nurain Singh and Delph Singh - Herbalists, Eye Doctors and Specialists. © Sikhs in Australia - Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2014 There were a number of Herbalists operating in Australia during the 19th and early 20th Century,…
Sikh Jemidar – Brahm Singh
© Crystal Jordan 19.04.2015 Brahm Singh - Jemidar This is a story of how an old Indian Hawker, Bram Singh, inspired a young Australian boy who he affectionately called “Young Alick”, to become a decorated wartime hero, during World War…
Field Marshall William Riddell Birdwood
Len Kenna 17.04.2015 William Riddell Birdwood was born on 13th September 1865 at Kirkee, India. He was the second son of Herbert Mills Birdwood, and and Edith Marion, daughter of Surgeon Major E. G. H. Impey of the Bombay Horse…
Gallipoli – Indian Soldiers including Sikh, Hindu and Mohammedan
Crystal Jordan 16.04.2015 LIST OF INDIAN SOLDIERS - HELLES MEMORIAL GALLIPOLI NAME RANK REGIMENT AGAMSING RAI Rifleman 10th Gurkha Rifles AGANSING LIMBU Rifleman 10th Gurkha Rifles AIJANSING RAI Lance Naik 10th Gurkha Rifles AIMAN THAPA Rifleman 10th Gurkha Rifles AITABIR…
Indian Pioneers of Australia – Part 5
Len Kenna 14.04.2015 For most of my life; even as child I studied Australian History and Australian Literature as an interest or hobby. I have also studied Australian History and Australian Archaeology and Australian Historical Archaeology at University and…
Australian Indian History – Ozziesjourney
COME ON A JOURNEY WITH OZZIE THE INDIAN AS HE DISCOVERS SOME OF HIS AUSTRALIAN INDIAN HISTORY. There are five of these videos uploaded onto youtube, the links are below. Australian Indian History - Ozziesjourney 1 The Journey of…
Indian Pioneers of Australia – Part 4
Len Kenna 10.04.2015 As discussed earlier, the first settlement in New South Wales was under the control of Europeans who had either worked or lived in India and brought the administrative skills that they had learned in India to New…
Indian Pioneers of Australia – Part 3
Len Kenna 07.04.2015 The Second Fleet arrived in 1790, two years after the landing of the First Fleet, and found that the newly formed Colony was on the verge of collapse, because of a severe lack of food and the…
Indian Pioneers of Australia – Part 2
Len Kenna 05.04.2015 When I say that Indians were Pioneers in every sense of the word; I don’t mean that they pioneered Australia in the romantic image of today; fighting their way through the virgin bush with their herds of…