"...nearly 150 years ago, australia gained a small muslim population when explorers and pastoralists imported camels and their skilled handlers from afghanistan and british india. ..many cameleers returned home but most stayed, establishing communities in outback towns...some cameleers married european and aboriginal woman, raising their children in the islamic faith...their skills unlocked the australian deserts, permitting supply and communication between settlements plus mines...an early contribution to the land down under by the muslim cameleers between 1860s and 1930s..."
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