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Afghanistan
Australia
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Campbellpore, Punjab
Chib Rajpoot, India
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Gujarat, Punjab
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Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory
India
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Jellalabad
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Kabul
Kallaph, Baluchistan
Kallugoa
Kandahar
Kandahar or Quetta
Karachi
Kashmir
Katikkel
Kenadar
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Khurasan
Khyber Pass area
Kohat
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Lahore
Lalitpur
Madras
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Mandal
Marree, South Australia
Middle East
Nagore, India
Peshawar
Peshin
Poona, India
Port Augusta, South Australia
Punjab
Quetta
Rajpoot, India
Selek
Sialkot
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Sundia Dura
Swat
Tasmania
Umarzai
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Verdug
Origin by Ethnicity:
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Aboriginal
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Pathan
Pishori Afghan
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Punjab
Referred to as Arab
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Tarin
Tokhi Afghan
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Origin by Religion:
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Known Localities in Australia:
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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
Employment & Occupation:
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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.
Expeditions:
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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)
Alphabetical Listings for 'G'
67 records found.
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G (possibly GHULAM) MUHAMMAD
G. MUHAMMAD
GEE (possibly GHULAM) MUHAMMAD
see also
Ghulam Muhammad (possibly)
GEORGE AFGHAN
GEORGE SHERGOOL (= SHER GOOL)
see also
Sher Gool
GHAFFAR
GHAFFAR KHAROTI
GHANI SHAMDASS
GHOUSSO KAKAR
GHULAB SHAH
GHULAM
GHULAM
GHULAM ALI
GHULAM BADOOLA (= IBADULLAH)
see also
Ibadullah
GHULAM HUSSAIN
GHULAM JAN
GHULAM JOHN (= JAN)
see also
Jan
GHULAM MORTAZA
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHEL
GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHORTA
GHULAM RABIE
GHULAM RASOOL HAZAT
GHULAM RASOOL KHALICK
GHULAM RASSOOL (GOULAM ROUSEL in Stevens 1989)
GHULAM RASSOOL (GULAM RASUL)
see also
Gulam Rasul
GHULAM RASSOOL JUDGEE
GHULAM RASSOOL NASSER
GHULAM RASSOOL NASSER
GHULAM SEDDECK
GOADACI BALOOCH
GOODA SINGH
GOODIT SINGH
GOODYER SINGH
GOOLAMIDEAN (= GHULAM DIN)
see also
Ghulam Din
GOONDIE
GOOZEMAN
GORANIE GUPAR
GOUHER TAJ
GUL BADSHA MUHAMMAD
GUL MIR (SAID GOOLMER)
see also
Said Goolmer
GUL MUHAMMAD
GUL MUHAMMAD
GUL MUHAMMAD
GUL MUHAMMAD
GUL NAWAB
GUL NUR
GUL NUR
GUL WILLY (= WALI)
GULISTAN (GOULESTEEN)
see also
Goulesteen
GULZAR KHAN
GUNDA SINGH
GUNNY (= GHANI) KHAN
see also
Ghani
GUPPAR (= GHAFFAR) SULTAN (ABDUL GUPPAR)
see also
Ghaffar; Abdul Guppar
GUZZIE (= GHAZI) BALOOCH
see also
Ghazi Balooch
GWADRI
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