Punjabi Pioneers Podcast by SBS

Episodes 7

Avg. Duration 20m

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Since Mar 2026

Latest Episode May 2026

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An SBS Punjabi podcast series uncovering the untold stories of Australia’s earliest Punjabi settlers. The first season brings to light the voices of Punjabi women from early Sikh families in Far North Queensland, whose courage, resilience, and contributions helped shape Punjabi life in Australia.

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Recent Episodes

S1E6 From 1898 migration to Cyclone Larry recovery: Gurmeet Kaur’s story of rebuilding life in Queensland - ਸਾਇਕਲੋਨ ਲੈਰੀ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਕੁੱਝ ਗਵਾਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਮੁੜ ਖੜ੍ਹੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ: ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾਦਾਇਕ ਕਹਾਣੀ

May 22, 2026 34m

Gurmeet Kaur’s family story traces more than a century of Punjabi presence in Australia, beginning with her husband’s grandfather Daleep Singh, who arrived in 1898 as a hawker and farmer. He later…

S1E5 ‘You start to merge those two identities’: Between two worlds in a Punjabi-Australian family - 'ਦੋ ਪਹਿਚਾਣਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੁਮੇਲ': ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਦੇ ਪੰਜਾਬਣ-ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਅਨ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਦੋਹਰੀ ਪਹਿਚਾਣ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ

May 08, 2026 16m

Growing up as a Punjabi in 1970s regional Australia, Narinder Singh reflects on her family’s migration journey that began when her father arrived in 1956. Her parents married in Cairns in 1965,…

S1E4 'I built a life here’: A grandmother and granddaughter on migration, identity and language across generations - ‘ਚਿੱਠੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਫੋਨ ਤੱਕ ਦਾ ਸਫਰ’: ਇੱਕ ਦਾਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੋਤੀ ਦੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਦਰ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਤੇ ਅਪਣੱਤ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੇ ਰਹਿਣ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ

Apr 24, 2026 19m

In this interview, Simar Kaur recounts her migration from Punjab to Australia in 1973, her early encounters with an unfamiliar country, and the life and business she built in Far North Queensland.…

S1E3 Jagindro recalls arriving in Australia as a two-year-old in 1957, when many Punjabi women were often recorded as ‘Singh’ instead of ‘Kaur’ - 1957 ਵਿੱਚ ਜਦੋਂ 2 ਸਾਲ ਦੀ ਉਮਰ ‘ਚ ਜਗਿੰਦਰੋ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਪਹੁੰਚੀ, ਤਾਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਔਰਤਾਂ ‘ਕੌਰ’ ਨਹੀਂ, ‘ਸਿੰਘ’ ਵਜੋਂ ਦਰਜ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਸਨ

Apr 02, 2026 18m

Jagindro Kalkat’s family’s connection to Australia goes back generations when her father’s nana ji, Mangal Singh, arrived in Australia by ship in 1878 and worked for years cutting trees and clearing…

S1E2 ‘In those days, nobody knew about Australia’: Surinder Kaur Sodhi’s unique migration story - ‘ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਿਨਾਂ 'ਚ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਬਾਰੇ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ‘: 1967 ਵਿੱਚ ਆਈ ਸੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਕੌਰ ਸੋਢੀ ਦੀ ਅਨੋਖੀ ਮਾਈਗ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਕਹਾਣੀ

Apr 02, 2026 19m

In 1967, Surinder Kaur Sodhi migrated from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, to Far North Queensland, at a time when the White Australia Policy was still in place. In this interview, she reflects on her unique one…

S1E1 Devo Singh's 1964 journey to Australia: A Far North Queensland migration story of courage and opportunity - ‘ਗੰਨੇ ਦੇ ਖੇਤ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਲੱਗਿਆ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਹੀ ਹਾਂ': 1964 'ਚ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਆਈ ਦੇਵੋ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੰਬਵੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ

Apr 01, 2026 28m

In this episode of Punjabi Pioneers, we hear Devo Singh’s journey from a small village in Nawanshahr, in India’s northern state of Punjab, to Australia in 1964. Devo recalls seeing a plane and…

S1 Punjabi Pioneers: Tracing Punjabi journeys in Far North Queensland - ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਢਲਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਰਵਾਸ: ਫਾਰ ਨਾਰਥ ਕੁਈਨਜ਼ਲੈਂਡ ਦੀਆਂ ਅਣਸੁਣੀਆਂ ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ

Mar 31, 2026 2m Trailer

Punjabi Pioneers is an SBS Punjabi podcast series uncovering the untold stories of Australia’s earliest Punjabi settlers. The first season of the podcast series brings to light the voices of Punjabi…