Bangladeshi Australians

Bangladeshi Australians (Bengali: অস্ট্রেলীয় বাংলাদেশী) refers to Australian citizens or residents who have full or partial Bangladeshi heritage or people who emigrated from Bangladesh and reside in Australia.[1] 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
অস্ট্রেলীয় বাংলাদেশী
Total population
~77,000 (.30%) (2021)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia
Languages
Australian English · Bangladeshi English · Bengali
Religion
Sunni Islam (majority)
Related ethnic groups
Asian Australians · Bangladeshi diaspora
Boishakhi Mela, the largest gathering of Bangladeshis, at the Sydney Olympic Park in Australia.

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
  • Tanveer Ahmed – Journalist, television personality and psychiatrist, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
    • Dr Md Moazzem Hossain, CA, CPA, CMA- Dr Hossain is an award-wining accounting academic who has been awarded for his innovative research and outstanding teaching and learning for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Recently, Dr Hossain has received a prestigious PVC award in 2020 for excellence in teaching and learning. Earlier, he has won the Murdoch Business School excellence in Teaching and Learning award in 2016, 2018, 2019.
  • Ishraq Huda – Champion at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2014, held in Taiwan.[2]
  • 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
  •  Australia portal
  •  Bangladesh portal

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
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