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• Volunteers make chapattis in the communal kitchen of the Gurdwara Sahib of Western Australia
  Langar, which is a tradition of the Sikhs; everyone irrespective of their caste, skin colour, nationality, social, financial or political status, to sit together for a meal. The Langar is always vegetarian, and traditionally is made up of simple, nourishing food. Ceremonies are held on a Sundays and usually about 500 Sikhs from the community share a vegetarian meal. The meal is cooked in the large purpose built kitchen. Members of the community take turns to cook vegetarian food, a head chef is appointed each week to supervise the cooking process. In the Gurdwara, no shoes are worn and the head must be covered at all times as a mark of respect. Gurdwara Sahib of Western Australia and Sikh Association of Western Australia.
• Volunteers of the Sikh community make a vegetarian meal for about 500 people
  Langar, which is a tradition of the Sikhs; everyone irrespective of their caste, skin colour, nationality, social, financial or political status, to sit together for a meal. The Langar is always vegetarian, and traditionally is made up of simple, nourishing food. Ceremonies are held on a Sundays and usually about 500 Sikhs from the community share a vegetarian meal. The meal is cooked in the large purpose built kitchen. Members of the community take turns to cook vegetarian food, a head chef is appointed each week to supervise the cooking process. In the Gurdwara, no shoes are worn and the head must be covered at all times as a mark of respect. Gurdwara Sahib of Western Australia and Sikh Association of Western Australia.
• Inside the Gurdwara Sahib of Western Australia
  Langar, which is a tradition of the Sikhs; everyone irrespective of their caste, skin colour, nationality, social, financial or political status, to sit together for a meal. The Langar is always vegetarian, and traditionally is made up of simple, nourishing food. Ceremonies are held on a Sundays and usually about 500 Sikhs from the community share a vegetarian meal. The meal is cooked in the large purpose built kitchen. Members of the community take turns to cook vegetarian food, a head chef is appointed each week to supervise the cooking process. In the Gurdwara, no shoes are worn and the head must be covered at all times as a mark of respect. Gurdwara Sahib of Western Australia and Sikh Association of Western Australia. Sunday 23rd September - Louise Whelan.
• Japanese pearl diver and lugger crew, Broome 1911
  From a series of photographs taken in Broome during 1909-1911 including unidentified Japanese people and buildings, luggers, pearling crews and divers, and Gantheaume Point.
• Vietnamese migrants outside the Graylands Migrant Centre
• Chung Ah Sue in his market garden, York
• E.A. Lums & Co Cash Grocers and Provision Merchants, Subiaco
  Emily Lums, Charles Lums with baby Oswald and shop assistants stand in front of the shop.
• Second boatload of Vietnamese boat people to arrive in Broome
  Photograph of a boat bringing Vietnamese refugees to Australia
• Refugees from the second boatload of Vietnamese boat people to arrive in Broome
  Refugees from Vietnam, including children, shown on the back of a truck after arriving by boat into Broome.
• A Chinese fisherman, Broome
• A job for the sailmaker
  Caption reads, in part: Many Chinese sailors maintain that perforated sails are sometimes more effective than whole canvas, and their contention is sometimes supported by skippers of other countries.
• Chong Sium Li and Ah Yung, Chinese sailors, Western Australia
  Names written under each man on back of negative: Chong Sium Li (at left) and Ah Yung (right)
• Diver in weighted boots on pearling lugger
  Pearl diver in his suit and weighted boots, 1910
• Yasukichi Murakami with diving suit
  Yasukichi Murakami with diving suit. The Japanese on the bottom reads Mr Yasukichi Murakami and diving equipment.
• Diver just coming up
  Pearl diver emerging from the water, Broome, ca. 1925.
• Members of the Japanese community in Broome
• A kendo match, Broome
• Japanese pearl diver working off Broome
• Pearling lugger B261, Broome, ca. 1910
• The pearling fleet at Broome, 1910
• From Big Ben to Chow Mein
  An article about a project aimed at identifying popular dishes from different migrant cultures for inclusion into menus of Hospitals and nursing homes.
• Vietnamese just ahead of police
  A newspaper article about the arrival of Vietnamese refugees by boat into Broome.