TY - JOUR
T1 - 'All day there was a stream of curious visitors’
T2 - The cremation of Devan Singh in Albury, NSW, July 1905
AU - Spennemann, Dirk
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2017/12/15
Y1 - 2017/12/15
N2 - During the 1890s a large number of Punjabi men migrated to Australia in order to further their family’s status at home through remittances. Even though the Punjabi, working as hawkers in rural and remote areas, provided an essential service, they were regarded as unwelcome competition, mainly by white un- and under-employed men during the period of economic recession of the mid-1890s. When economic conditions improved, the outright racism receded, but the Punjabi remained marginalised. This paper traces the relationship between Punjabi hawkers and the Anglo-Celtic host community, using the rural service centre of Albury (NSW, Australia) as the locale and the cremation of the hawker Devan Singh as an example.
AB - During the 1890s a large number of Punjabi men migrated to Australia in order to further their family’s status at home through remittances. Even though the Punjabi, working as hawkers in rural and remote areas, provided an essential service, they were regarded as unwelcome competition, mainly by white un- and under-employed men during the period of economic recession of the mid-1890s. When economic conditions improved, the outright racism receded, but the Punjabi remained marginalised. This paper traces the relationship between Punjabi hawkers and the Anglo-Celtic host community, using the rural service centre of Albury (NSW, Australia) as the locale and the cremation of the hawker Devan Singh as an example.
KW - Cremation
KW - Cremation--Religious aspects
KW - Stereotypes (Social psychology)
M3 - Article
SN - 0035-8762
VL - 103
SP - 136
EP - 153
JO - Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
JF - Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
IS - 2
ER -