Bangladeshi Australians

Bangladeshi Australians refers to Australian citizens or residents who have full or partial Bangladeshi heritage or people who emigrated from Bangladesh and reside in Australia.[2] 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 and Victoria, with large concentrations in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

Bangladeshi Australians
Total population
Bangladeshi
52,100 (2018 Estimates)[1]
25,111 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Australian English · Bengali
Religion
Islam · Hinduism · Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Asian Australians · Indian Australians
Largest gathering of Bangladeshis in Australia: Boishakhi Mela at the Sydney Olympic Park

History

As a result of partition of India in 1947, East Bengal state of Colonial India became East Pakistan, bengali speaking part of the Punjabi dominated and newly formed nation of Pakistan. East Pakistan was governed by West Pakistan, which was situated about 1500 kilometres to the west, separated by India. Differences between the two led to an outbreak of Bengali nationalism. After the Bangladesh Liberation War by the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini against Pakistan Army, the independent state of Bangladesh, meaning "Bengali nation", was proclaimed on 26 March 1971. The new country became a parliamentary democracy under a 1972 constitution. The Bangladesh-born 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
  • 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.[3]
  • Aamer Rahman – Comedian
  • Zaki Chowdhury - Researcher Engineer
  • Kamrul Hussain Chowdhury OAM - Businessman, philanthropist. Received Medal of the Order of Australia in 2019 for long standing service to the Bangladeshi community and humanitarian works. Long standing supporter of Bangladeshi Arts, Education, Culture and Sporting events in Victoria and NSW.

See also

References
  1. Australian Government – Department of Immigration and Border Protection. "Bangladeshi Australians". Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. "Bangladesh Community Information Summary – The Bangladesh-born Community" (PDF). Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2006.
  3. Lawrence Machado (28 July 2014). "Stanhope Gardens whiz kid Ishraq Huda first Australian to get perfect score at International Olympiad in Informatics". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  • PriyoAustralia.com.au The 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)
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