Bosnian Australians

Bosnian Australians are Australian citizens of Bosnian ancestry or Bosnia and Herzegovina-born people who reside in Australia. According to the 2011 Australian census 39,440 Australians were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Bosnian Australians
Total population
39,440 (Bosnian-born in 2011)
23,630 (Bosnian ancestry in 2016)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane
Languages
Australian English · Bosnian
Religion
Sunni Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism
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Europe
  • Austria
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Slovenia
  • Czechia
  • Slovakia
  • Turkey

North America

  • United States of America
  • Canada

South America

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Peru

Oceania

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Culture
History
Language
Related nations

History

There have been three major influxes of Bosnians to Australia. The first period occurred in the aftermath of World War II, and the second occurred in the late 1960s/early 1970s following an economic depression and open border policy in the former Yugoslavia. The most recent wave of migration was during the 1990s when many Bosnians sought refuge from the Bosnian War. This migration was assisted under the refugee scheme of the Red Cross in Australia.

Bosnian immigrants who arrived in Australia in the 1960s made important contributions to modern-day Australia through their role in the construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in New South Wales.

The distribution of Bosnian immigrants in Sydney as a percentage of the population

Religion

The majority of Bosnians that arrived in Australia are Muslim, with a fewer number having Orthodox and Catholic backgrounds.

Communities

Bosnian Australians mainly live in New South Wales and Victoria, especially in the cities of Melbourne and Sydney. In Melbourne they reside mostly in the City of Greater Dandenong and City of Brimbank. In Sydney the Bosnian community is concentrated in Western Sydney mostly in Liverpool, Fairfield and Penshurst. The Bosnian community in Brisbane is centered around Logan City and City of Brisbane LGA in Southeast Queensland.

The Bosnian community in Perth are predominantly located in the City of Swan and City of Stirling.

Adelaide has a small but substantial Bosnian community mainly living in the Western Suburbs with Royal Park having a larger concentration.

Media

Radio

Currently SBS Radio broadcasts in the Bosnian language for an hour every Sunday. Other community stations such as 3ZZZ (Melbourne), 4EB (Brisbane), 6EBA-FM (Perth), 2000FM (Burwood), VOX FM (Wollongong), 1CMS (Canberra) also broadcast in Bosnian.

Sport clubs
  • FC Bossy Liverpool (Sydney)
  • FC Gazy Auburn (Sydney)
  • Maribyrnong Greens FC (Melbourne)
  • Heatherton United (Melbourne)
  • FC Stari Most (Brisbane)
  • Balmoral FC (Melbourne)
  • BB United (Perth)

Notable Bosnian Australians

See also

Notes
  1. "The People of Australia – Statistics from the 2011 Census" (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  2. "Migration, Australia, 2011–12 and 2012–13" (XLS). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013. (table 9.1 of downloadable XL file: "Estimated resident population, Country of birth, State/territory, Age and sex – 30 June 2011")
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