- Australia’s first Sikh temple granted heritage listing
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Gurdwara Sahib Woolgoolga NSW, an early Sikh site in this country is now recognised, celebrated and protected – Article by Rajni Anand Luthra of Indian Link -October 22, 2020
- Sikhs in Woolgoolga – Historical Notes
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European expansion into the north coast region began in the mid-19th century and the 25,000-acre ‘Weelgoolga Station’ was established in 1874, before the Woolgoolga township was formally surveyed in 1886. It was during this period that a new wave of migrants from the Punjab region of northern India, and of the Sikh faith, were arriving in Australia, settling beyond the new town in northern NSW and Queensland.