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Total population

92,337 (by country of birth, 2006)
25,323 (by ancestry (self-described as "Malay"), 2006)
Regions with significant populations
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth [1]
Languages
Australian English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay
Religions
Christianity, Buddhism, Islam [2]

A Malaysian Australian is an Australian person who is from or has ancestral ties to Malaysia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Perth may refer to Australian English ( AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The term is not precise, as a significant number of Australians from Malaysia are not indigenous Malays but are overseas Chinese, Indian and other groups. Malays (Melayu are an Ethnic group of Austronesian peoples predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, the east coast of Sumatra, the coast There are also ethnic Malays in Australia who came to Australia prior to the establishment of Malaysia, or come from other regional countries including Singapore and Brunei. Malays (Melayu are an Ethnic group of Austronesian peoples predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, the east coast of Sumatra, the coast For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Singapore Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام

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Demography

At the 2006 Census 92,335 Australian residents stated that they were born in Malaysia. 64,855 Malaysian born Australian residents declared having Chinese ancestry (either alone or with another ancestry), 12,057 declared a Malay ancestry and 5,848 declared an Indian ancestry[3].

Malaysian Australians are well established in Australia. Slightly more than half had Australian citizenship, and 47,521 had arrived in Australia in 1989 or earlier. Australian nationality law is based primarily on the principle of Jus soli. 32,325 spoke English at home, 24,347 spoke Cantonese, 18,676 spoke Mandarin and 5,329 spoke Bahasa Malay. Malaysian Australians were resident in Melbourne (29,174), Sydney (21,211) and Perth (18,993)[4]. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Perth may refer to


History

Malay labourers were brought over to Australia to work mainly in the copra, sugarcane, pearl diving and trepang industries. Copra is the dried meat or kernel of the Coconut. The name copra is derived from the Malayalam word kopra for dried coconut Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Pearl hunting or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving Pearls from Pearl oysters Freshwater pearl mussels and on The sea cucumber (also known as trepang, bêche-de-mer, or ambiguously Sea slug) is an Echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea In the case of Cocos Islands, the Malays were first brought as slaves under Alexander Hare in 1826, but were then employed as coconut harvesters for copra. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display However, there were no historical facts that prove that the Malays settled in mainland Australia and east coast until the late 19th century, where they not only work in the trepang or pearl diving industry, but also in sugarcane plantations.

In Western Australia and Northern Territory, Malay pearl divers were recruited through an agreement with the Dutch. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions Pearl hunting or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving Pearls from Pearl oysters Freshwater pearl mussels and on By 1875, there were 1800 Malay pearl divers working in Western Australia itself. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Most of them returned home when their contract is expired. The Immigration Restriction Act in 1901 severely curtailed the growth of this community.

From the 1950s onwards Malaysians came to Australia to study under the Colombo Plan, with many choosing to stay in Australia after graduation. The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Their numbers increased following the end of the Immigration Restriction Act in 1973. As Malaysia's affluence increased, more students came to study as self-financed students.

Famous Malaysian Australians


See also

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Further reading

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