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| Total population | |
| 138,463 (2021, by ancestry) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sydney · Brisbane | |
| Languages | |
| English · Nepali · Maithili | |
| Religion | |
| MajorityHinduism · Buddhism · Kirant Mundhum · minorities.Islam[1] | |
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| Non Resident Nepali |
Nepali or Nepalese Australians (Nepali:नेपाली अष्ट्रेलियन) areAustralians whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in any part ofNepal. People fromNepal started to settle in Australia from the 1960s,[2] but the vast majority of Nepali Australians arrived after 2006.[3]
Australian residents of Nepali origin have significantly increased in recent years: in the 2021 census, 138,463 people reported Nepali ancestry, 0.54% of the total population. Just five years before, in the 2016 census, there were only 62,806 people with Nepali ancestry. This follows after the population of this community quardrupled in the 5 years to 2011, and doubled again in the 5 years in 2016.[4][3]
About 5,000Lhotshampas orBhutanese refugees who are living in various refugee camps of Nepal are being resettled in Australia. They share common language and culture with the mainstream Nepali.[5]
Since 1990, ethnic Nepalis in more than 110,000 in numbers, who were forced out of Bhutan have temporarily settled in refugee camps in eastern part of Nepal. After the 15 years of exile they are now being resettled in Australia, US and Europe. By the end of the resettlement program it is estimated that around 5,000 of Bhutanese will be in Australia.[6]
The number of Nepali students seeking admission to universities in Australia is increasing. The instability caused by theMaoist insurgency andGorkha earthquake of 2015, has led Nepali students to turn to Australia for academic pursuits. The figures from the federal Government’s Australian Education International (AEI) in 2007 show that in the 12 months to September, commencements by students from Nepal increased by 504 per cent, or 2884 students.[7]
Senator Tony Sheldon characterized Adhikari as a 'giant' of the movement during the Closing Loopholes debate.
Byrne documents Adhikari's role as a bridge between historical labor struggles and the 21st-century digital economy.
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