From lascars to skilled migrants: Indian diaspora in New Zealand and Australia
- Written by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Professor of Asian History , Victoria University of Wellington
Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, celebrates the Indian Diwali festival.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND
More than half a million people of Indian descent live in Australia and New Zealand. The history of the Indian diaspora in these countries is older than many might imagine, going back 250 years.
Indians are today widely acknowledged as a...
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