Australian Hazaras
هزاره‌های استرالیا
Total population
41,766 (2021)[1] (0.16% of the Australian population)
Languages
Persian (Hazaragi and Dari)
Australian English
Related ethnic groups
Hazara diaspora

Hazara Australians or Australian Hazaras (Dari: هزاره‌های استرالیا) are Australians who have Hazara ancestry.[2] The Hazaras are an ethnic group native to, and primarily residing in, the mountainous region of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan. Many Hazara Australians have also migrated from Pakistan.[3] The Hazara Council of Australia is an organization formed by the Hazara community of Australia.[4] Hazaras constitute one of the largest ethnic groups of asylum seekers in Australia[5]

According to the 2016 Australian census, 21.9% of Afghan-born Australians recorded their ancestry as Hazara and 33.9% listed Hazaragi as their main language, making Hazaras the second largest group in both categories.[6]

History

Before 1980, relatively few Hazaras came to Australia for educational purposes. During the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War and the 1990s civil war, over 5,000 Hazaras arrived in Australia. The Hazara Australian community has produced a sizable number of individuals notable in many fields, including law, medicine, engineering, teaching and business.[7]

Demography

Geographic distribution of the Australian population identifying their ancestry as “Hazara” or using Hazaraghi as their home language

The largest portion of Hazara Australians reside in the LGAs of Dandenong, Ryde (North Ryde, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Shepparton, Mildura and Top Ryde), The Hills Shire (Castle Hill, Cherrybrook, and Kellyville), Blacktown (Glenwood, Parklea, Stanhope Gardens and Bella Vista) and Sutherland Shire (Miranda). Ethnic Hazaras are believed to reside in suburbs such as Auburn and Merrylands.

Language

Most Hazara Australians are fluent in English but their first language is in Hazaragi dialect of Persian Language

Media

Arman Monthly is a magazine distributed nationwide which is published by the Hazara community. The 2003 Australian documentary film Molly & Mobarak is based on a Hazara asylum seeker who enters Australia, falls in love with a local girl and faces possible deportation as his temporary visa nears expiration.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cultural Diversity". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ↑ theage.com.au
  3. ↑ Mandokhail, Rafiullah (13 February 2022). "Uncertain futures ahead for Hazara youth". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hazara Council Australia". Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Nowell, Laurie (16 July 2014). "The Hazaras of Dandenong". The Age. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Afghanistan-born Community Information Summary" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Home Affairs. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Johanson, Simon (17 March 2015). "Shangri-La developer makes journey from Afghan refugee to construction king". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ↑ hazarapeople.com
  9. ↑ gladiatorstv.com
  10. ↑ kabulpress.org
  1. ↑ According to the local classification, South Caucasian peoples (Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Georgians) belong not to the European but to the "Central Asian" group, despite the fact that the territory of Transcaucasia has nothing to do with Central Asia and geographically belongs mostly to Western Asia.
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