Series 1: Sylvia Singh-Grewal papers relating to early Indian immigrants to the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales

MLMSS 11859

series

1882-2010

Textual Records, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9670279

1.12 metres of textual material (7 boxes) includes photographs - manuscript, typescript

BOX 1
FOLDER 1
Cultural diversity in the Brunswick Valley, typed manuscript of chapter one

FOLDER 2
Copies of passenger lists on incoming ships, mainly, Calcutta to Sydney with handwritten notes on passengers of Indian origin, 1895-1901

FOLDER 3
Richmond River Raga: Commemorating the Indian and Afghan presence in the Lismore District of Northern NSW from the 1890s, by Annette Potts, draft manuscript, 2006

FOLDER 4
Typed transcripts of interview with Sylvia Singh for the Tweed River Regional Museum migration oral history project, Sikhs and South Sea Islanders
Typed transcripts of microcassette tape recordings relating to Singh-Grewal family history and Baba Basanta
This material relates to Series 4: Sylvia Singh-Grewal audio material relating to early Indian immigrants to the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales

FOLDER 5
Bir Singh family including Bikar Singh, Rattan Singh and others, handwritten and typed notes, photographs, newspaper cuttings, ca. 1980s-2008
Beer Singh and family records including copies of passport, passenger lists, electoral roll, customs records, certificate exemption from the dictation test, land grant records, last will and testament, death certificate, correspondence, newspaper clippings and others, ca. 1896-2008

FOLDER 6
Draft of MSS 'Life of Beer Singh' undated
Photocopy of Beer Singh's notebook, in English, Urdu and Granthi with pencil notes of translations. Includes accounts, wage receipts, letters

BOX 2 Annette Potts manuscript, Richmond River Raga
FOLDERS 7-10
Richmond River Raga by Annette Potts draft manuscripts, including the final published book

FOLDER 11
Correspondence between Sylvia Singh Grewal and Annette Potts relating to manuscript Richmond River Raga, including typed notes, copies of newspaper clippings, 1899-2010

FOLDER 12
Correspondence between Rajendeer Singh Gabbi, Kanchan Majomdar and Annette Potts relating to manuscript Richmond River Raga, including copies of newspaper clippings, 1996-2010

FOLDER 13
Correspondence between Annette Potts and people in India relating to manuscript Richmond River Raga, including pamphlets and newspaper clippings, 2003-2007


BOX 3
FOLDER 14
Pholi Rham family biographical notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, in particular relating to Athol and Raphael Pholi, 1886-2006
Indians in the Northern Rivers area, including Esau and Saranah families, miscellaneous biographical notes

FOLDER 15
Singh Family History, with hand drawn map showing locality of houses of Rattan Singh etc
My early schooldays, Sylvia Singh-Grewal, 2008
Early Indians in Northern NSW
Indians in Australia, Davinder Singh-Grewal, 1987
Chapter 1, the Indians

FOLDER 16
Diyal Singh (1875-1944) and families materials, including Richmond River Historical Society Inc. bulletin, correspondence with Annette Potts, interview transcripts, army record of Dayal Singh, copies of newspaper clippings, 1910-2009
Photographic album of original and reproduced photographs and one bound volume of printed photographs, some dating back to the early 1900s of the Bir Singh family, groups shots of Indian immigrants, and location photographs, 1898-1970s
(Refer to Series 2 for digital format of the bound volume)


BOX 4
FOLDER 17
Court and police case newspaper clippings and research notes relating to Zarut Khan 1906, Roor Singh murder 1906, Ram Sukh 1905, Aalum perjury trial, 1910

FOLDER 18
Journal article copies:
Swan, Bernard, Sinhalese Emigration to Queensland in the Nineteenth Century: A note, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, June 1951
Report on the Sugar Industry on the Clarence and Richmond Rivers, Presented to Parliament, Queensland 1882
The Black Labor and Sugar Problem, Richmond River Times, 30 May 1901
Moslem Mosque at Broken Hill, Broken Hill Historical Society
Indian-Born People in Australia, Department of Immigration website

FOLDER 19
Sikhs in the Northern Rivers district, copies of records and original handwritten notes, including copies of crematorium records, arrest warrant government records, voting rights, photographs of ceremonies and families. Material of the Bir Singh family is included, ca. 1908-1950s

FOLDER 20
Muslims on the Richmond, copies of newspaper clippings, funeral notices, correspondence, transcripts of letters to the Northern Star (Lismore) concerning Islam and beliefs, typewritten list of donors to Lismore hospital, detailed biographical notes of cameleer Mahomet Allum and others, and photographs of Shaffi, Fazel, Yusif, Shaer Mohammed and Heera Jolly(?), ca. 1910-2006

FOLDER 21
Indians in Byron Shire, typed list of Indians on Byron Bay electoral roll, 1906, biographical details of members of the Indian community, newspaper clippings, and photographs of Sikh Temple, Bangalow, ca. 1906-2000
Indians in Australia, newspaper and magazine clippings, 1993-2004
Fijian and Malaysian Indians in Australia, newspaper and magazine clippings, 1993-2006


BOX 5
FOLDER 22
History of Indians coming to Australia from late 1800s onwards, typed and handwritten notes, interview transcripts, original, copies and transcripts of newspaper clippings, copies and transcripts of passenger lists from Calcutta to Sydney: Darius, 18 May 1895; Bucephalus, 14 July 1895; Clitus, 2 September 1895; Baucoora, 14 September 1895; Federal, 11 June 1895; Lalpoora, 17 April 1896; Argus, 18 May 1896; New Guinea, 7 June 1896; Annette Potts article, 'I am British and I can go wherever the British flag flies, ca. 1895-2008
Early Richmond Indian pioneers, copies of immigration records, including passports, applications, exemption from dictation tests certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings and copies of photographs, handwritten and typed biographical notes, ca. 1876-2007

FOLDER 23
Land ballots, relating to 'Hindoos' acquiring land in northern rivers, newspaper articles and typewritten notes with references, 1909-2007
Discrimination against coloured people, photocopies of journal articles including 'Indian labourers to New South Wales' by Alan Dwight, 1911-1957

FOLDER 24
Indian doctors and herbalists on the Richmond, typed biographical notes, copies of newspaper clippings and advertisement, ca. 1907-2008
Indians on the Clarence, typed cemetery lists, list of petitioners against Alien Restrictions Act, 1902; biographies; correspondence from Annette Potts, newspaper clippings, ca. 1893-2001
Hindoos on the Tweed, typed notes, newspaper clippings, Northern Rivers Sikh Association membership list and meeting minutes, ca. 1909-2007
Indian, Afghan and Syrians in the Northern Rivers district, newspaper references from Lismore Times, 1904-27; Tweed Times and Brunswick Advocate 1904-53, and others; 1901 census records, death records, Commonwealth electoral rolls Richmond electorate, 1903-49, summary of articles from the Mullum Star, Richmond Herald; Police census, Clarence District, ca. 1904-1961

FOLDER 25
Hindoos as selectors: Afghans and Indians on the Richmond, NSW, from the 1890s, several typed manuscript drafts, undated

FOLDER 26
Indians on the Richmond, births, deaths and marriages listing, list of cremations and burials, cemeteries, obituaries, newspaper clippings recording deaths and funeral notices, hand drawn cemetery plans, biographies, Richmond River Historical Society bulletin 151, September 1994, ca. 1889-1945
Certificate exempting from dictation test, Mainly NSW register of certificates exempting from the dictation test (1906-1933?), copies of passenger shipping records, ca. 1901-1926
Copies and typewritten transcript of Aliens Register, 1898-1902
Photocopies of passports of Indians settled in the Northern Rivers, ca. 1950-c1960

FOLDER 27
Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Christian cremations and burials of immigrants from India and their families, typewritten notes, copies and original newspaper clippings, journal articles, Annette Potts correspondence, 1886-2008
Marriages and celebrations (including Ramadan), background notes and copies and original newspaper clippings on legality of marriages, inter-race marriages, 1889-2007


BOX 6
FOLDER 28
Indians in the Northern Rivers, handwritten biographical and historical detailed notes, undated
Hindus and Sikhs on the Richmond, biographical details of various families based on church records, etc, newspaper clippings, photos, list of Indian donors to Lismore hospital, 1910-2008
Newspaper clippings from local newspapers including Northern Star, Daily News and others, 1981-2007

Concertina file with typewritten notes, photocopies of archival material, newspaper clippings, journals, transcripts of original documents relating to the following subjects: wills; Anzac March; archives information; land owners; cremations; stories; land ballots; Sikhs working for farmers; early cremations; items of interest; history; Teven; early Hindoos, Richmond, Tweed


BOX 7
Card index in wooden box of alphabetical listings of families and individuals, with birthplaces, dates of arrival in Australia, vessels, occupations, birth and death dates etc

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