Afghan Australian

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Afghan Australians are residents of Australia who are of Afghan ancestry.

According to the 2006 Australian census 16,751 Australians were born in Afghanistan[1] while 19,416 claimed Afghan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[2]

[edit] See also

  • Afghan (Australia) - Muslim camel drivers who worked in outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s, not all of whom came from Afghanistan

[edit] References

  1. ^ 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
  2. ^ 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.


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