Contents
Foreword
List of maps, tables and plates
Chapter 1 - Homeland, history, religion and emigration (W.H. McLeod)
The Punjab
The history and religion of the Sikhs
Why Sikhs emigrated
Chapter 2 - From sojourners to settlers (Rashmere Bhatti)
The story of arrival (1880-1914)
Punjabis gain formal status (1914-1940)
Settlement in Woolgoolga-Coffs Harbour (1940-1970)
Community voices - chapter two
Chapter 3 - From settlers to citizens (Rashmere Bhatti and Verne A. Dusenbery)
The community comes of age (1970-2000)
Facing the 21st century (2001 - )
Community voices - chapter three
Chapter 4 - Scholarly reflections
Fieldwork in Woolgoolga (Marie M. de Lepervanche)
Sikh community of Woolgoolga: a comparative view
(Ramindar Singh)
Punjabi Sikh positionings in Australia (Verne A. Dusenbery)
Transnational lives in Woolgoolga,
Sydney and the Punjab (Carmen Voigt-Graf)
The Sikhs today (W.H. McLeod)
Glossary
Recommended reading
Index