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The first clear example of Buddhist settlement in Australia dates to 1858. However, there has been speculation from some anthropologists that there may have been contact hundreds of years earlier; in the book Aboriginal Men of High Degree, A.P. Elkin cites what he believes is evidence that traders from Indonesia may have brought fleeting contact with Buddhism and Hinduism to areas near modern ...
This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, [4] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories. Buddhism is the official religion in four countries, Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
In Australia, Buddhism is a small but growing religion.According to the 2016 census, 2.4 percent of the total population of Australia, identified as Buddhist. [1] It was also the fastest-growing religion by percentage, having increased its number of adherents by 79 percent between the 1996 and 2001 censuses. [2]
The religion in Australia with the highest proportion of females to males is Wicca, with only 26 males for every 100 females, compared to the national ratio of 97 males for every 100 females. [ 104 ] In the 2011 census , 32,083 Australians identified their religion as a pagan religion including 8,413 people who identified their religion as ...
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Australia for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. New South Wales [ edit ]
Tibetan Buddhists from Australia (6 P) Z. Australian Zen Buddhists (3 P) Pages in category "Australian Buddhists" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "Buddhist organisations based in Australia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.