Malaysian Australians

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Malaysian Australians (Template:Langx) refers to Malaysians who have migrated to Australia or Australian-born citizens who are of Malaysian descent. This may include Malaysian Chinese, Malays, Malaysian Indians, Orang Asal, mixed Malaysians and other groups.

History

Malay labourers were brought over to Australia to work mainly in the copra, sugarcane, pearl diving and trepang industries. 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. Possibly the first Malay immigrant to Australia was a 22-year-old convict named Ajoup who arrived in Sydney on 11 January 1837. Ajoup, described as 'of the Malay faith', had been sentenced in Cape Town, South Africa, to 14 years transportation to New South Wales. He received his ticket of leave—that is, his freedom—in the colony in 1843.

The 1871 colonial census records that 149 Malays were working in Australia as pearl divers in northern and western Australia, labourers in South Australia's mines, and on Queensland's sugar plantations. At Federation in 1901, there were 932 Malay pearl divers in Australia, increasing to 1860 by 1921.[1]Template:Rp In Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Malay pearl divers were recruited through an agreement with the Dutch. By 1875, there were 1800 Malay pearl divers working in Western Australia alone. Most of them returned home when their contracts expired. The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 severely curtailed this community's growth.

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Number of permanent settlers arriving in Australia from Malaysia since 1991 (monthly)

Demography

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People born in Malaysia as a percentage of the population in Sydney divided geographically by postal area, as of the 2011 census.

At the 2006 Census 92,335 Australian residents stated that they were born in Malaysia.[2] 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. The proportion of Malaysian-born individuals in Australia who claim Chinese ancestry is 70.2%, which is markedly different from the proportion of Malaysians in Malaysia who claim Chinese ancestry (22.9%). The proportion of Malaysians in Australia that claim Indian ancestry (6.3%) is similar to the proportion in Malaysia (7.1%). From these statistics, it is clear that migration from Malaysia to Australia has not reflected a cross-section of Malaysia, but rather, is heavily skewed away from the Malay natives and towards the ethnic Chinese community and to a lesser extent the ethnic Indian community.

Religion

Though Islam is the major religion in Malaysia, Islam is the minority religion among Malaysians in Australia. In 2016, 11,633 people from 165,616 Malaysian Australians, or 7% of the Malaysian Australian population, identified as Muslim, up from 7,610 Muslims or 5.2% in 2016.[3]

According to the data from Australian Bureau Statistics in 2016, 24.1% from Malaysian Australians population identifying as Buddhists, 20.9% as No religion, 12.7% as Catholic, 5.6% as Other Christian and 5.2% as Muslim.

According to Australian Bureau Statistics in 2021, 24.1% from Malaysian Australian population identifying as No religion, 23.8% as Buddhists, 11.8% as Catholic, 7.0% as Muslim and 5.9% as Other Christians.[4]

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Languages

Slightly more than half (46,445) had Australian citizenship,[5] and 47,521 had arrived in Australia in 1989 or earlier.[5] 32,325 spoke English at home, 24,347 spoke Cantonese, 18,676 spoke Mandarin and 5,329 spoke Malay.[5] Malaysian Australians were resident in Melbourne (29,174), Sydney (21,211) and Perth (18,993).[6]

Notable Malaysian Australians

Name Born – Died Notable for Connection with Australia Connection with Malaysia
Nishan Velupillay 2001– Footballer Born in Australia, represents Australia in international football Father is Malaysian with Sri Lankan heritage[7]
Che'Nelle[8] 1983– singer lives in Australia born Kota Kinabalu[9]
Eddie Woo 1985– mathematics teacher born in Camperdown, New South Wales Parents migrated from Malaysia
Dr Yvonne Ho AM public speaker, businesswoman, educator, medical specialist, philanthropist first Malaysian-born woman to receive Order of Australia award[10] born in Malaysia
Chandran Kukathas 1957– political theorist, professor and head of Department of Government, London School of Economics studied and taught in Australia from 1970s to 2000s born in Malaysia
Diana Chan 1988– MasterChef Australia winner Living in Australia born in Malaysia
Remy Hii 1986/87– actor lives in Australia of Malaysian descent[11]
Nick Kyrgios 1995– Professional tennis player born in Canberra mother is Malaysian[12]
Kamahl[13] 1934– singer lives in Australia; immigrated 1953 born Kuala Lumpur[14]
Brendan Gan[15] 1988– football (soccer) player lives in Australia of Malaysian descent
Matthew Davies 1995– football (soccer) player born in Perth, lives in Australia of Malaysian descent
Adam Liaw[16] 1978– lawyer, author and television chef lives in Australia; immigrated 1980 born in Penang[17]
Cheong Liew[18] chef lives in Australia; immigrated 1969 born Kuala Lumpur[18]
Chong Lim[19] musician, music director lives in Australia born Ipoh[20]
Omar Musa[21] 1984– author, poet and rapper born in Queanbeyan Father is from Malaysia[22]
Guy Sebastian[23] 1981– singer lives in Australia; immigrated as child born Klang[24]
Pria Viswalingam[25] 1962– documentary and film maker works in Australia born Malaysia
James Wan[26] 1977– film director, screenwriter and producer brought up in Australia and studied there born Kuching[27]
Penny Wong[28] 1968– politician, leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Senate, former Finance Minister lives in Australia; Australian mother; immigrated 1977[29] born Kota Kinabalu,[30] Chinese Malaysian father
Poh Ling Yeow[31] 1973– artist and television chef moved to Adelaide in 1982 born and raised in Kuala Lumpur[32]
Geraldine Viswanathan 1995– Actress Born in Australia Father is Malaysian
Vivien Tan ?– former model, 1-time actress in British-Australian TV series The Other Side of Paradise, former Channel [V] VJ, and present TV host, chef and entrepreneur Australian mother, lived in Australia to study Malaysian father
Lina Teoh 1976– model, actress, TV host, former Channel [V] VJ, and former beauty queen (Miss World 1998) born and grew up in Melbourne Chinese Malaysian father
Ian Goodenough 1975– politician, member of Liberal Party of Australia migrated to Australia as a child in 1984, naturalized Australian citizen in 1987 partial Chinese Malaysian descent
Sam Lim 1961– politician, member of the Australian Labor Party migrated to Australia in 2005 born in Muar
Ronny Chieng 1985– comedian and actor performed in Australia and studied there born in Johor Bahru

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • Cleland, Bilal. The Muslims in Australia: A Brief History. Melbourne: Islamic Council of Victoria, 2002.
  • JPS Bach, 'The pearlshelling industry and the "White Australia" policy', Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 10, no. 38, May 1962, pp. 203–213
  • Bilal Cleland, Muslims in Australia: A Brief History, www.icv.org.au/history.shtml
  • Nahid Kabir, Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations, and Cultural History, Kegan Paul, London, 2004
  • Nahid Kabir, 'Muslims in Western Australia, 1870–1970', Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 12, part 5, 2005, pp. 550–565
  • L Manderson, 'Malays' in James Jupp (ed.), The Australian People, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1988, pp. 691–93
  • Daniel Oakman, Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan, Pandanus Press, Canberra, 2004
  • Gwenda Tavan, The Long, Slow Death of White Australia, Scribe, Melbourne 2005

External links

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