01/11/2025
🇮🇳🇳🇿 BOLAH (BHOLA) SINGH – DAIRY FARMER, NEW ZEALAND 1924
97 years ago, on 17 September 1924, Bolah (Bhola) Singh and his wife from Punjab, India, stood on the wharf at Sydney, New South Wales, for this remarkable photograph.
They were on their way to New Zealand aboard the liner “Marella”, travelling via Singapore and Java, to begin a new life as dairy farmers.
Records later place a Bhola Singh at 21 Princes Street, Ponsonby, Auckland (1946) and Onehunga (1954) — possibly the same pioneering soul who arrived nearly a century ago.
A silent tribute to those early Punjabis who crossed oceans in search of opportunity — leaving behind a legacy of hard work, courage, and resilience. 🌾