Bangladeshi Australians ( bn, অস্ট্রেলীয় বাংলাদেশী) refers to Australian citizens or residents who have full or partial
Bangladeshi heritage or people who emigrated from
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
and reside in Australia. There are around 53,000 Bangladeshis in Australia, according to the census in 2012. The largest Bangladeshi communities are mainly present in the states of
New South Wales
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Victoria
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, with large concentrations in the cities of
Sydney and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
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History
Bangladeshis are relatively new migrants to Australia. Since 1970s, migration from Bangladesh has steadily increased with the majority arriving under the Skilled Migration Program. Most Bangladesh-born have settled in the urban areas of New South Wales while smaller numbers settled in other states and territories.
Demography
The latest Census in 2011 recorded 27,809 Bangladesh-born people in Australia, an increase of 72.8 per cent from the 2006 Census. The 2011 distribution by state and territory showed New South Wales had the largest number with 17,007, followed by Victoria (5114), Queensland (1672) and Western Australia (1496).
Notable people
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Tanveer Ahmed – Journalist, television personality and psychiatrist, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
* Ishraq Huda – Champion at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2014, held in Taiwan.
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Aamer Rahman
Aamer Rahman ( bn, আমার রহমান; born 17 October 1982) is an Australian stand-up comedian of Bangladeshi descent. He is best known as one half of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, along with Nazeem Hussain.
Early life
Rahman's ...
– Comedian
See also
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Australia–Bangladesh relations
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Bangladeshi diaspora
The Bangladeshi diaspora ( bn, প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী) are people of Bangladeshi birth or descent who live outside of Bangladesh. First-generation migrants may have moved abroad from Bangladesh for various reasons in ...
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Indian diaspora
Overseas Indians (IAST: ), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) are Indians who live outside of the Republic of India. According to the Government of India, ''Non-Resident Indians'' are citizens of Indi ...
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Indian Australians all of this entry re immigration is a complete fabrication
Indian Australians or Indo-Australians are Australians of Indian ancestry. This includes both those who are Australian by birth, and those born in India or elsewhere in the Indian d ...
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Pakistani Australians
Pakistani Australians are Australians who are of Pakistani descent or heritage. Most Pakistani Australians are Muslims by religion, although there are also sizeable Christian, Hindu and other minorities.
History in Australia
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References
External links
PriyoAustralia.com.auThe gateway for information on all aspects of the growing Bengali community in Australia. (1st community news portal in Australia)
Bangla-Sydney.com(News and views of Bangladeshi community in Sydney)
Gaan Baksho(Australia's 24/7 HD Bangla radio & Event platform)
Bangladesh’s Moazzem best teacher in Australian university
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