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| Persian (Hazaragi andDari) Australian English | |
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| Hazara diaspora |
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Hazara Australians orAustralian Hazaras (Dari:هزارههای استرالیا) areAustralians who haveHazara ancestry.[2] The Hazaras are an ethnic group native to, and primarily residing in, the mountainous region ofHazarajat in centralAfghanistan. Many Hazara Australians have also migrated fromPakistan.[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 the2021 Australian census, of the 59,797Afghan-born Australians, 44.3% recorded their ancestry as Hazara, making Hazaras the second ethnic group amongst Australians born in Afghanistan.[6] Including individuals born in Australia, the Hazara Australian population numbers 41,758 as of 2021.[7]
Before 1980, relatively few Hazaras came to Australia for educational purposes. During the 1980sSoviet–Afghan War and the1990s 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.[8]
By far the largest number of Australian Hazaras reside inGreater Melbourne, where, at the time of the2021 Census, there were 17,622 individuals with Hazara ancestry, representing 0.4% of the city's population.[9] They are mainly concentrated in the South-Eastern suburbs, particularly in theLGA's ofCasey (11,901 individuals),[10] especially in the suburbs ofDoveton andNarre Warren South, andGreater Dandenong (3,915 individuals),[11] mainly within the suburb ofDandenong. There is also a small but growing Hazara community in Melbourne's west, mainly inThe City of Brimbank,[12] that numbered 466 individuals at the time of the 2021 Census, and in the city's north, mainly inThe City of Hume, concentrated within the suburb ofCraigieburn, that numbered 400 people.[13]
The city with the second largest number of Hazara Australians isAdelaide, where 6,963 people identified their ancestry as Hazara at the 2021 Census, representing 0.5% of the city's population.[14] It also has the highest number of Australian Hazaras per capita of any major Australian city. They mostly live throughout the city's northern suburbs, particularly in theLGA's ofSalisbury (3,355 individuals),[15] mainly in the suburbs ofParalowie andParafield Gardens, andPort Adelaide Enfield (1,920 individuals), almost exclusively in the suburbs ofKilburn andBlair Athol.[16]
InSydney, the 2021 Census recorded 6,915individuals with Hazara ancestry, representing just over 0.1% of the city's population.[17] They are mainly concentrated in the city's west, mostly in the LGA ofCumberland (4,170individuals), mainly in the suburbs ofAuburn andMerrylands,[18] and the LGA ofBlacktown (949 individuals).[19]
The 2021 Census recorded 3,717 Hazaras residing inGreater Perth, amounting to roughly 0.2% of the city's population.[20] They mostly live in the Western suburbs, primarily within theCity of Gosnells (1,628 people), mainly in the suburbs ofMaddington andGosnells[21] with a smaller population in the north of the city, in the LGA ofSwan (595 people).
InGreater Brisbane, the 2021 Census recorded 3,088 individuals of Hazara ancestry, representing just over 0.1% of the city's population.[22] The southern suburbs are where this community resides, mainly inThe City of Logan (2,070 people), primarily within the suburbs ofMarsden,Woodridge, andLoganlea.[23]
Relatively few Hazara Australians in regional areas, however there are significant populations inShepparton (726 individuals),[24] andGeelong (531 individuals),[25] specifically the northern suburbs ofCorio andNorlane.
Most Hazara Australians are fluent in English, but with their first language being theHazaragi dialect ofPersian.[citation needed]
Arman Monthly is a magazine distributed nationwide which is published by the Hazara community. The 2003 Australian documentary filmMolly & 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.
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