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Australian Sikh & Hindu – Indian Wrestlers

16/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian Harry Pearce for a purse of £100 ($200) in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, […]

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Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hindu, Indian, Kalgoorlie boulder, Sikh, sport, Western Australia, Wrestling

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