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Adelaide, South Australia Albany, Western Australia Alice Springs, Northern Territory Balladonia, Western Australia Beltana, South Australia Bethesda Lutheran Mission, South Australia Birdsville Track, South Australia Blinman, South Australia Bourke, New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland Broken Hill, New South Wales Bummers Creek, Western Australia Carnarvon, Western Australia Central Australia, Northern Territory Central Swan, Western Australia Chillagoe, Queensland Cloncurry, Queensland Cockburn, New South Wales Coolgardie, Western Australia Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie Goldfields, Western Australia Copley, South Australia Cossack, Western Australia Cranbrook, Western Australia Cue, Western Australia Cunderdin, Western Australia Dajarra, Queensland Day Dawn, Western Australia Dwyer's Well, Western Australia Farina, South Australia Fremantle, Western Australia Gascoyne, Western Australia Gawler Ranges, South Australia Geraldton, Western Australia Goldfields, Western Australia Gunbower, Victoria Halls Creek, Western Australia Hamilton Bore, South Australia Hatches Creek, Northern Territory Hergott Springs (Marree), South Australia Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory Hobart, Tasmania Humpty Doo, Northern Territory Innamincka, South Australia Inverway, Western Australia Kahnga Soak, Western Australia Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory Kimberley, Western Australia Lake Eyre, South Australia Laverton, Western Australia Lawlers, Western Australia Leederville, Western Australia Leigh Creek, South Australia Leonora, Western Australia MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory Mamandarook, Victoria Marble Bar, Western Australia Marree, South Australia Meekatharra, Western Australia Melbourne, Victoria Menindee, New South Wales Menzies, Western Australia Mildura, Victoria Moora, Western Australia Moree, New South Wales Mt Gunson Mine, South Australia Mt Lyndhurst, South Australia Mt Magnet, Western Australia Mt Malcolm, Western Australia Mt Morgan, Queensland Mt Sir Samuel, Western Australia Mt. Garnet, Winton, Queensland Mullewa, Western Australia Murchison, Western Australia Murnpeowie Station, South Australia Murrin Murrin, Western Australia Nappamerrie, South Australia Narrung, South Australia Nocoleche Station, New South Wales Northam, Western Australia Onslow, Western Australia Oodnadatta, South Australia Parachilna, South Australia Peak Hill, Western Australia Perth, Western Australia Poison Creek, Western Australia Port Adelaide, South Australia Port Augusta, South Australia Port Hedland, Western Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales Port Pirie, South Australia Pt. Dalrymple, Tasmania Quairading, Western Australia Renmark, South Australia Salisbury Downs, New South Wales Simpson Desert, Northern Territory Sliding Rock, Flinders Ranges, South Australia Stewart Creek, Queensland Strzelecki Track, South Australia Sydney, New South Wales Tammin, Western Australia Tarcoola, South Australia Tarrawingee, New South Wales Telegraph line between Coolgardie and Eucla, Western Australia Tennant Creek, Northern Territory Tilcha bore, South Australia Timboon, Western Australia Townsville, New South Wales Tremora, New South Wales Van Diemen's Land, Northern Territory Wanaaring, New South Wales Wandering, Western Australia Watheroo, Western Australia Wave Hill Station, Northern Territory Wheelara Station, Western Australia White Cliffs, New South Wales Wilcannia, New South Wales Wiluna, Western Australia Windorah, Queensland Wirra Wirra, South Australia Witchelina Station, South Australia Wyndham, Western Australia Yandama, South Australia Yerilla, Western Australia York, Western Australia
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Agent for camel loading Architect (Perth mosque) Athlete Bagot and Marsh saddle-making company, Oodnadatta Beltana Pastoral Company, S.A. Billiard champion Boundary rider Bourke Carrying Company Boxer British Army Camel breeder Camel importer Camel owner Camel racer Camel saddle maker Camel teamster Cameleer Carrier Carrier for the Wilcannia, N.S.W., company Carrying Business operator Carter Construction worker Cook Doctor Draper East Brothers Mining co. Editor Elder, Smith and Co Employed by FAIZ and TAJ MUHAMMAD Farm labourer Farmer Gardener General Trader Goldsmith Greengrocer Halal butcher Hawker Herbalist Horse-dealer Imam Indian Army sergeant Interpreter Jemadar Jeweller KHAIR MUHAMMAD, P. KHAN and ABRAHAM MUHAMMAD Firm Knox and Downs Company Labourer Land clearing Land owner Lascar Manager of ABDUL WAHID's 'Bourke Carrying Co.' Manager of Juma Khan Miner Mineral prospector Mosque caretaker Muezzin Mullah Muslim religious leader Newsagent Night-watchman Perth Night Patrolling Co Manager Poulterer Prize fighter Produce merchant Proprietor Railway worker Runner Sailor Salt Carter Servant Shepherd Shop assistant Station-hand Stockman Storekeeper Tailor Telegraph line between Coolgardie and Eucla Truck driver Wood contractor Wool carter Wool carter for the Beltana Pastoral Company, S.A. Writer Yilyah Prospecting Syndicate, S.A.
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Alfred Heath Expedition (1894) Burke and Wills Expedition (1860) Calvert Expedition (1896-1897) Elder Scientific Expedition (1891-1892) Frank Hann Expedition (1898) Giles Expedition (1875-1876) Horn Scientific Exploration Expedition (1894) J.W. Jones Survey Expedition J.W. Lewis Expedition (1874) Lindsay (1885-1886) Madigan's Simpson Desert Expedition (1939) P.E. Warburton Expedition (1873) South Australian Museum's Lake Callabonna Fossil Expedition (1893) Strzelecki Expedition (1916) Third Giles Expedition (1875-1876) W.C. Gosse Expedition (1873) W.W. Mills Expedition (Western Australia) (1868-1872)
TAJ MUHAMMAD
Origin by Place: KandaharOrigin by Ethnicity: Durrani AfghanOrigin by Religion: MuslimDied in Australia: YesAustralian Descendants: No
Biography (b. Kandahar; d. 10 Jan. 1896, Coolgardie, W.A.), Durrani Afghan. Younger brother of FAIZ MUHAMMAD, and partner with him in forwarding agencies in Marree, S.A., Cue, Day Dawn, Geraldton and Mullewa, W.A. Worked in the Mt Lyndhurst area, S.A., 1884. In charge of a shipload of camels (141 from Karachi on the SS Bancoora) to Fremantle, W.A., 1892. Murdered by GHULAM MUHAMMAD while praying in the Coolgardie mosque, 1896; Ghulam was hanged at the Fremantle prison. TAJ had a wife in Karachi, and four children (Australian Dictionary of Biography, 10:378-9; Barker 1964, p. 100; Stevens 1989; Rajkowski 1987, pp. 32-33, 83-84; Loois 1988; photo: Rajkowski 1987, pic. 20; Stevens 1989, p. 97).
Employment & Occupation
Camel importer
Cameleer
Carrier
Carrying Business operator
Known Localities in Australia
References Australian Dictionary of Biography, 10:378-9; Barker 1964, p. 100; Stevens 1989; Rajkowski 1987, pp. 32-33, 83-84; Loois 1988; photo: Rajkowski 1987, pic. 20; Stevens 1989, p. 97
