Places of interest that have
Australian Indian History
Links to places of interest are highlighted blue
First Indian Cricket Tour of Australia 1947-48
Test & Match Dates and Cricket Grounds 1947-48
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28.11.1947 - 01.12.1947 - 1st Test - Brisbane Cricket Ground QLD.
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12.12.1947 - 18.12.1947 - 2nd Test - Sydney Cricket Ground NSW.
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01.01.1947 - 05.01.1947 - 3rd Test - Melbourne Cricket Ground VIC.
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23.01.1947 - 28.01.1947 - 4th Test - Adelaide Oval SA.
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06.02.1947 - 10.02.1947 - 5th Test - Melbourne Cricket Ground VIC.
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20-01.1948 - 21.01.1948 - Match - McDonald Park, Mount Gambier, SA.
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31.01.1948 - 02.02.1948 - Match - Mildura City Oval, Mildura, VIC.
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20.02.1948 - 24.02.1948 - Match - WACA, Perth, WA.
First Indian Cricket Team when they arrived at Adelaide 1947.
The Old Melbourne Gaol
​Fatta Chand was hung at the Old Melbourne Gaol 1891
Fatta Chand was hung at the Melbourne Gaol in 1891. He could not speak English.
The establishment sent Christian Ministers of religion to him every day, they tried to convert him to Christianity but he stayed true to his faith.​
Kirk's Bazaar Hardware Lane Melbourne
Kirk's Bazaar 46 Hardware Lane Melbourne, Victoria then and now.
Hardware Lane runs roughly north-south between Bourke Street and Little Lonsdale Street.
Horses from horse breeding stations, farms, and private people, were brought to Kirk’s Bazaar and sold and many were exported to India. Horses were also imported from India and sold at Kirk’s Bazaar.
Photo: Kirk's Bazaar SLV.
It is now Kirk's Wine Bar see building at bottom left.
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Siva Singh Memorial Benalla Victoria
The plaque commemorates Siva Singh a Sikh farmer, hawker and lay Priest.
Siva Singh arrived in Victoria in 1896 from Qadirabad, Gujrat, Punjab, India. He worked as hawker around the Benalla area in regional Victoria. He hawked goods used by people on farms and in rural towns. By 1915 he owned a total of 422 acres including a 320 acre farm in the Benalla Shire. In December 1920 on his farm Siva Singh conducted the first Akhand Path, which is a continuous cover to cover reading the Sikh holy book, the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It was read to commemorate Benalla resident Herman Singh who had died that year. He also performed priestly duties for the few Sikhs in the area, and acted as a Granthi and was a leader of the Sikh group. Siva Singh was struck off the electoral roll in 1915 after the White Australia Policy. He fought for his right to be on the electoral roll and although he did not win the case he was re-instated on the roll in 1925 after Sastri had visited Australia and because of his influence on Politicians in Australia and Indian's already living in Australia were again permitted to vote.
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