Gurudwaras in Australia
Sikhism is a small but growing minority religion in Australia, that can trace its origins in the nation to the 1830s. The Sikhs form one of the largest subgroups of Indian Australians with 26,500 adherents according to the 2006 census, having grown from 17,000 in 2001 and 12,000 in 1996
“It is said that the first Indian had come to Australia as part of Captain Cook’s ship, the first settlers in Australia. Before roads and road transport was developed, many Indians had come to Australia to run Camel trains. These brave Indians were called Afghans and kept the communication and supply line open between Melbourne and the center of Australia. They would transport goods and mail over Camel backs in the desert. There is no descendent of these Afghans that I could get in touch with. Some of the earliest Punjabi arrivals in Australia included Sardar Beer Singh, Johal who came in 1895 and Sardar Narain Singh Hayer, who arrived in 1898. Many Punjabis took part in the rush for gold on the Victorian fields while numbers of Muslims from North Western Punjab region worked as camel drivers in the Central Australian desert. More Indians came to Australia more than fifty years ago while both Australia and India were British colonies. These enterprising Sikhs came to work on the Banana Plantations in Southern Queensland. Today a large number of them live in the town of Wolgoolga (roughly half way between Sydney and Brisbane on the highway. These people have their own Banana Farms and are quite rich. Their riches have come by hard work. There are two Sikh temples in Wolgoolga. One of them even has a Museum on Sikhism.
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The Sikh Community of Western Victoria Inc (SCWV) was established in 1999 and represents the Sangat of the Western and South Western suburbs of Melbourne. In the early days, we held our congregations in the Community Halls but in 2003, we hired a rental premises at Werribee to host the holy Guru Granth Sahib, which […]
Sikh Society of South Australia The Colonial Building is located on Mt. Barker Road, close to the Cross Road, Portrush Road, Glen Osmond Road and Mt. Barker Road intersection.
Located at 9 – 11 Shepparton Road, Helensvale, the Guru Maneyo Granth Gold Coast Gurdwara is based approximately 20 minutes’ drive from Surfers Paradise, and is positioned centrally between Coolangatta and Brisbane’s Logan Road Gurdwara; making the Gurdwara ideally located and easily accessible to all communities of the Gold Coast and South Brisbane. The Gold […]
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