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Success stories of Indo-Australians is the first major study of the post second world war migration from India to Australia. Although Indians have been travelling to Australia since Settlement anecdotal evidence suggests that they may have been arriving on Australian shores long before that time and DNA testing supports this circumstantial evidence.However, the British Navies, both military and civilian employed Indians called Lascars to work on their ships which visited Australia from the earliest of times. Indians also accompanied Army Officers and wealthy business people as domestics, these early Indian arrivals were followed in the 1860s by Indian Cameleers who serviced outback Australia. They were followed in the 1880s by Labourers, Indian Hawkers and Sugarcane Cutters, these migrations continued until the introduction of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 known as the White Australia Policy which restricted the entry into Australia of people who were not of European descent. On the other hand, Indian Students entered Australia under the Colombo Plan from the 1950s onwards. The personal story of Dr Gurcharan Singh Sidhu elucidates his experience. Here 50 success stories will include the lives of some of the most prominent Indians who migrated to Australia since 1950.The main aims and objectives of writing this book are to present in a plausible, critical way the history of Indians who migrated to Australia since 1950. It will be a communicative learning process for future generations and will help them and others understand society and their place within it, so that they develop a sense of their culture, skills, contribution and presentation.You will read how India and Australia share much in common as vibrant, functioning, multicultural democracies. At the most fundamental level, Australia and India are both liberal democracies, which share a commitment to the rule of law, fundamental human rights and the peaceful resolution of disputes. As a result of British Colonisation, the relationship between the two countries was based on the three "C's" - Cricket, Curry and the Commonwealth and also in most cases the use of the English language.