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  DEATH AND FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT Enid Marion Burke 1 3 th Se p t e m b e r , 19 3 8 – 2 5 th J u ne , 2 0 22     M um p a ss e d a w a y o n S a t u r d a y , 2 5 th J u ne , 2 0 22 a f t e r a s h o r t i ll ne ss b r av e l y b o r ne . Wife of the Late James Emmanuel Burke (Jim). Mother to James Burke and Gillian Burke Grandmother to Vincent and Imara Sister to Sybil, Rosemary, Virginia, Allison, Hazel, William (Bill) and Jonathan     F un e r a l S e r v i ce Ma ss t o b e h e ld o n T ue s d a y 5 th Jul y , 2 0 22 a t S t . Ma r k s C h ur c h W e s t l a n d s a t 11 :0 0 am and thereafter, Cremation at the Kariokor Crematorium at 1:00pm Live webcast details to follow All Covid Regulations to be followed.

  PAUL NAZARETH A dedicated clubman Paul Nazareth is typical of the young Goans who grew up in East Africa and Nairobi and Mombasa in particular. It was the same in Kampala, Uganda and Dar es Salaam Tanzania as well as in other smaller towns peppering the three East African countries. Everyone was into sports, of one kind or another or multi-sports. If the school (especially the Dr Ribeiro Goan School) was the nursery of sport for boys and girls, then the Goan clubs were the epicentres of the upper grades of sports, just a level down from National representation for brilliant few and international sports arenas for the minor gods of their chosen sport. Nonetheless, it did not matter that you were a club player, a Kenya representative player, an Olympian or one of the few who played in world championships, especially hockey. We admired and tried to copy the superstars, but we did not them as superstars, they were mostly all our buddies. Paul Nazareth was one of them, a d...

 

  About the White Australia policy At the end of the 19th century, Australian colonies had concerns about who was migrating to Australia. With a rise in the number of migrants from China and the Pacific, many colonies passed tough immigration legislation. The Immigration Restriction Act was one of the first Commonwealth laws passed after Federation. It was based on the existing laws of the colonies. The aim of the law was to limit non-white (particularly Asian) immigration to Australia, to help keep Australia ‘British’. Pass or fail: the dictation test Under the Immigration Act, migrants who entered Australia between 1901 and 1958 could be asked to take a dictation test. To pass the test, they needed to write 50 words in any European language, as dictated by an immigration officer. After 1905, the officer could choose any language at all. A Chinese immigrant, for example, could be asked to write out 50 words in French, Italian or an...

    FROM EUROPEANS IN EAST AFRICA I wonder if any of my readers or their friends may recognise the earliest Goan pioneers listed below   Name:  ABRANCHES, C. R. Nationality:  probably Goan First Date:  1901 Profession:  Fitter, Loco dept. Area:  Kisumu Book Reference:  North, Gazette, EAHB 1904, Drumkey General Information: North -  Uganda Railway - Railway appt. dated 1-3-1901; Admitted to hospital with bubonic plague, Nairobi 8-4-1902; Listed as Fitter, Loco and Carriage Dept., May 1902 Gazette -  17/12/1902 - Plague compensation after bubonic plague in March 1902 - C.R. Abranches - Rs 13 EAHB 1904 -  Nairobi Residents - Abranches, C. -  Loco Dept. Uganda Railway Drumkey 1909 -  C. Abranches - 3rd Engineer, Lake Steamer, Kisumu North  has Abraches   Name:  ABRANCHES, J. C. Nationality:  probably Goan First Date:  1909 Area:  Nairobi Name:  ...