‘In those days, nobody knew about Australia’: Surinder Kaur Sodhi’s unique migration story

n 1967, Surinder Kaur Sodhi migrated from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, to Far North Queensland, at a time when the White Australia Policy was still in place. In this interview, she reflects on her unique one of a kind grand wedding in regional Queensland, her early experiences of arriving in Australia, her husband’s family’s Punjabi roots dating back to 1888, their transition from hawking to sugarcane farming in North Queensland, and the ways she held on to her identity in a new land.

1967 ਵਿੱਚ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਕੌਰ ਸੋਢੀ Credit: Supplied by Kaur

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