Monga Khan

Monga Khan (; – October 1930) was a Muslim immigrant and hawker from British India (now Pakistan) who sold local and imported goods in Victoria, Australia. He has become widely known owing to his image being used on a series of posters created by Australian artist Peter Drew, known as the "Aussie" series.

Early life Monga Khan was born around 1870 in a Muslim family in what was then British India, now Pakistan.

He was originally from Bathroi, a village in Dadyal Tehsil of Mirpur District in present-day Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Life in Australia Khan travelled to Australia in search of work, although he was not one of the many men from South Asia who were indentured or brought to work in Australia in the late 19th century, that generation of settlers now collectively referred to as the "Afghans".

Khan arrived in the colony of Victoria in 1895. The poster featured an image of Khan with the word "Aussie" written underneath.

According to Drew, the purpose of the artwork was to draw attention to the Australian Government's recent immigration policies, and symbolically reimagine the discourse on Australian identity. The project was followed by the fictional book and ebook The Legend of Monga Khan: An Aussie Folk Hero, which included illustrations, poems and short stories inspired by Khan's life.