Nepalese Australians or Nepali Australians are the Citizens/Permanent Residents in
Australia whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
.
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
ese started to settle in Australia from the 1960s.
Lhotshampa refugees
About 5,000
Lhotshampa
The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa ( ne, ल्होत्साम्पा; ) people are a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent. "Lhotshampa", which means "southern borderlanders" in Dzongkha, began to be used by the Bhutanese state i ...
s or
Bhutanese refugees
Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of Nepali language-speaking Bhutanese people. These refugees registered in refugee camps in eastern Nepal during the 1990s as Bhutanese citizens deported from Bhutan during the prote ...
who are living in various refugee camps of Nepal are being resettled in Australia. They share common language and culture with the mainstream Nepali.
Since 1990, ethnic Nepalis in more than 110,000 in numbers, who were forced out of Bhutan have temporarily settled in refugee camps in eastern part of Nepal. After the 15 years of exile they are now being resettled in Australia, US and Europe. By the end of the resettlement program it is estimated that around 5,000 of Bhutanese will be in Australia.
International students
The number of Nepalese students seeking admission to universities in Australia is increasing. The instability caused by the
Maoist insurgency
Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Chi ...
and
Gorkha earthquake of 2015, has led Nepalese students to turn to Australia for academic pursuits. The figures from the federal Government’s Australian Education International (AEI) in 2007 show that in the 12 months to September, commencements by students from Nepal increased by 504 per cent, or 2884 students.
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Notable Nepalese Australians
* Payal Shakya, former Miss Nepal
* Sanu Sharma, writer
* Shesh Ghale, businessman
See also
* List of Nepal-related topics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nepal:
Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state in South Asia. The country is bordered to the north by China, and to the south, east, and west by India. The Himalayas in t ...
* Non Resident Nepali
Overseas Nepalis or Non-Resident Nepalis are Nepali people who live outside the South Asian nation of Nepal.
Under the Non-Resident Nepali Act of 2007, Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) ( ne, गैर आवासीय नेपाली, ''Gair Aawas ...
* Nepalese New Zealanders
* Australia–Nepal relations
References
External links
Nepalese Australian Association
Nepalese Australian Online News Portal
{{Ethnic groups in Australia
Australia
Immigration to Australia
Asian Australian