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Gool Mahomet

Gool Mahomet, also known as Gul Muhammed, was an Afghan cameleer who immigrated from Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan, to Australia in 1887. He worked in and around Central Australia.

Early life
Mahomet was born in a small village Smilekenerra near Kabul and he worked in Colombo, in Sri Lanka, to help pay for his passage to Australia. The date that Mahomet immigrated to Australia is unsure, being recorded as both 1887 and 1897 and he initially arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia before moving, almost immediately, to Port Augusta and then Parachilna in South Australia. == Work as a Cameleer ==
Work as a Cameleer
Once in South Australia Mahomet worked on the railhead and carted copper by camel from Blinman back to the railhead. In Kalgoorlie Mahomet met and married French prostitute Desiree Ernestine Adrienne Lesire 5 weeks after meeting. They were married in the Kalgoorlie Mosque by Secundah Khan on 18 March 1907 and his wife converted to Islam and changed her name to Miriam Bebe: this wedding was followed with a civil ceremony in Port Augusta on 17 August 1907. where they established a market garden at the Afghan settlement where they grew melons, vegetables and dates as well as providing water and wood to the gold miners. The family continued to move around the country, travelling across the country by camel on a regular basis, including one trip from Perth to Broken Hill, a distance of almost 3000 km, to visit a sick friend or relative. in 1935 where, with motor vehicles taking over, he let his camels free to roam. Eventually, in 1939, he bought the station, with Elder's help, and he began training racehorses. Miriam Bebe, Mahomet's wife, never lived at Mulgaria, preferring to stay in Farina and she died of a heart attack on 16 January 1939; she was only 58 years old. In 1940 Mahomet became Mulla, alongside his son Sallay, at the Adelaide Mosque and began travelling regularly to Adelaide. The mosque was impoverished at this time and Mahomet paid the rates and taxes on the property. == Death ==
Death
In 1950 Mahomet decided to return to home to Afghanistan and, on his way there, make a visit to Mecca and, having booked his passage, he died, aged 85, on 21 May 1950. He was referred to as one of the "best known members of the Australian Afghan community." == See also ==
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