cover of episode Australia's Afghan Cameleers - Part Two

Australia's Afghan Cameleers - Part Two

2015/4/7
logo of podcast The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015

The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015

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Dawood Azami talks to some of the descendants of the thousands of Afghan pioneers in Australia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, who, with their camels, first arrived in Australia in the 1860s and criss-crossed the harsh interior of Australia for several decades. He explores the adventurist nature and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Afghans and discusses their ancient and unwritten code of life called – Pashtoonwali.