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Interior ofYahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney Interior ofGanzibra Dakhil Mandi in Sydney Mandaean Australians are Australians ofMandaean descent or Mandaeans who haveAustralian citizenship . Most Mandaeans in Australia live inGreater Western Sydney .
As of 2023, Australia has the largest Mandaean population in the world, followed bySweden (which has the largest Mandaean population in Europe) and theUnited States .[ 1]
Sydney metropolitan area [ edit ] TheSydney metropolitan area in Australia has the largest Mandaean diaspora community in the world.[ 2] The community is centered inGreater Western Sydney suburbs such asFairfield ,Liverpool ,[ 3] andPenrith .[ 4] In Liverpool, the mainmandi (Beth Manda) isGanzibra Dakhil Mandi .[ 5] The Sabian Mandaean Association of Australia has purchased land by the banks of theNepean River atWallacia, New South Wales , whereWallacia Mandi is currently being built.[ 6] Another mandi in Greater Sydney isYahya Yuhana Mandi (or Mandi Yehya Youhanna), located inPrestons .[ 7]
InWestern Sydney , Mandaeans mainly performmasbuta (baptisms) at Lighthorse Park in Liverpool,Yahya Yuhana Mandi , andWallacia Mandi .[ 8]
TheSabian Mandaean Association in Australia is the largest Mandaean association in Australia.[ 9] Religious affairs are managed by the Mandaean Synod of Australia.[ 10]
Salah Choheili (born 1952 in Iran), the currentRishama and head priest ofGanzibra Dakhil Mandi inLiverpool, New South Wales [ 11] Brikha Nasoraia (born 1964 in Iraq),Rishama , professor, and President of the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council and Nasoraean Mandaean Association[ 12] Khaldoon Majid Abdullah (born 1963 in Iraq), the head priest ofMandi Yehya Youhanna inPrestons, New South Wales Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki , a Mandaean living in Australia who has digitised many Mandaean texts usingtypesetted Mandaic script [ 13] Yuhana Nashmi , artist, photographer, writer, and archivist[ 14] Peyam Jizan (born 1978 in Iran), a tarmida in Sydney[ 15] [ 16] Sahi Bashikh , a tarmida in SydneyThamir Shamkhi , a tarmida in SydneyAsaad Othmani , a tarmida in SydneyWaleed Khashan (born 1963 in Iran; Persian: Waleed Ebadeh Farzadeh; Arabic: Waleed Abdul Razzaq), a tarmida in Sydney[ 17] [ 18] Carlos Gelbert (born 1948 inBasra , Iraq), a writer, novelist, and translator in Sydney^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023).1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans . Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2 .ISSN 1935-441X . ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history . Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9 . ^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia .^ Smith, David Maurice (30 July 2015)."An Ancient Baptism in Sydney" .Roads & Kingdoms . Retrieved30 October 2021 . ^ Robins, Ian (July 2016)."Album: The Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Liverpool, Sydney" .The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . Retrieved6 November 2021 . ^ "Mandaean Synod of Australia" .Welcome to the Mandaean Synod of Australia . 5 July 2005. Retrieved30 October 2021 .^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . Retrieved23 February 2022 . ^ Chohilli, Anoush; Hardie, Mary; Piracha, Awais (27 March 2025)."Early Contractor Involvement in a Mandaean Place of Worship" .Buildings .15 (7): 1094.doi :10.3390/buildings15071094 .ISSN 2075-5309 . ^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia Archived 27 October 2023 at theWayback Machine .^ Mandaean Synod of Australia .^ "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 1" .The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . 1 July 2016. Retrieved9 November 2021 .^ Nasoraia, Brikha (2022).The Mandaean Rivers Scroll (Diwan Nahrawatha): an analysis . London: Routledge.ISBN 978-0-367-33544-1 .OCLC 1295213206 . ^ Mandaean Network .^ "Art Studio Yuhana Nashmi Storytelling through Art" . Retrieved9 December 2021 .^ "Tarmida Peyam Jizan, July 2016, Chapter 1" .The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . 1 July 2016. Retrieved30 September 2023 .^ "PJ Chapter 1 V2" .YouTube . Retrieved30 September 2023 .^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan: March 2014" .The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . 30 September 2023. Retrieved30 September 2023 .^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan" .YouTube . Retrieved30 September 2023 .
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