Adventures of a Kashmiri merchant in Australia : an unknown Urdu travelogue
| Subject | Voyages and travels |
| Western Australia–History | |
| Foreign workers, Pakistani | |
| Perth (W.A.) | |
| Business | |
| Category | 1. Settlement |
| Keywords | Commerce |
| Creator | Korvin, Gabor |
| Current Holder | State Library of Western Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1898/1898 |
| Item Number | PR15719/2 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Country Of Origin | Pakistan |
| Australia | |
| Place | Coolgardie |
| Perth | |
| Language | Urdu |
| Description From Source | 1 p. Excerpts from a travelogue originally written in Urdu, in elegant nast’aliq script, which was found in the possession of a Pakistani family in Perth. The travelogue narrated the travels of Khwajah Mohammad Bukhsh who had moved to Perth and opened up shops. His father Aamir Bukhsh also came to Australia and died in Coolgardie in 1898. |
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