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cultural background
Sikh/Punjabi/Indian
town, region, country of origin
Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) and Tarn Taran, Punjab, India nr Amritsar
start of migration journey
Bombay (now Mumbai), India in June 1954
place of arrival in australia
Sydney on 23 June 1954
first home in australia
Oriental Hotel, Cremorne, Sydney organised by University of Sydney
first job in australia
Gardener at the Indian Consulate, Sydney
other jobs
Dishwashing at Indian restaurant in Kings Cross; lab maintenance at Sydney University; cytogeneticist at Sydney Hospital; sarod performer
memories
I was born in the suburb Babu Mohalla in a city called Quetta which is now in western Pakistan. Babu Mohalla was named after my maternal grandfather. My mother’s family was living there before the partition of India in 1947. My father was living in Rangoon [in Burma], now called Yangon….