An Indian-origin Sikh migrant driver in Australia has been named ‘Australian of the Day’ for feeding the homeless in Darwin for the past three years. His van carries a signature written as ‘Free Indian food for hungry and needy people, Provider Sikh family.’ Commonwealth Bank has sponsored the Australian of the Day Awards for over 35 years, recognizing extraordinary Australians who are making a huge impact on the society of Australia.
Singh dedicated the last Sunday of every month to feed the poor and homeless in northern Darwin after his night shift as a cabbie. He cooked around 30 kg of Indian food to feed the homeless. The free lunch comprises chickpeas, rice and vegetarian curry.
- In Australia, there are more kangaroos than people.
- The city of Melbourne, Australia, used to be called Batmania.
- Most of Australia’s exotic flora and fauna cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
- The indigenous people of Australia are Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.
- Australia hosted the 1956 (Melbourne) and 2000 (Sydney) Summer Olympics.
- Canberra was selected as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not stop arguing which city should be the capital of Australia.
- Burning Mountain, Australia, has an underground natural coal fire that has beenburning for about 6,000 years
Test Your Knowledge
Australia is the ________ largest country in the world by its area.
