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Lebanese Australians (Arabic: اللبنانيون الأستراليون) refers to citizens or permanent residents of Australia of Lebanese ancestry. The population is diverse, having a large Christian religious base, being mostly Maronite Catholics, while also having a large Muslim group of Sunni and Shia branches.
This is a list of Lebanese Australians including both original immigrants who obtained Australian citizenship and their Australian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Australian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.
These are Australian people from Lebanon or with Lebanese ancestry. ... Lebanese emigrants to Australia (37 P) Pages in category "Australian people of Lebanese descent"
Australia has organised hundreds of airline seats for its citizens to leave Lebanon, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday, as she urged the many thousands of Australians that remain in ...
The Howard government extended the time they spent in mandatory detention and introduced temporary protection visas for boat arrivals. [5] The deterrents did little to stop immigrants; roughly 12,000 asylum seekers reached Australia from 1999 to 2001. [4] In 2011, Australia received 2.5% of the world's total number of claims for asylum. [6]
Australian people of Lebanese descent (1 C, 178 P) M. Australian Maronites (4 P) Pages in category "Lebanese diaspora in Australia" The following 12 pages are in this ...
This is a list of Asian Australians who have served as members of Australian federal, state, or territory legislatures.Despite Australia's proximity to Asia, as well as the significant and increasing minority of Australians belonging to an Asian ethnicity, [1] [2] the Australian Parliament is considered to be particularly under-representative of its constituents of Asian descent in comparison ...
In the 2001 census, 248,807 Australian residents reported Arab ancestry. Additionally, 209,372 Australians indicated that they spoke Arabic at home. 162,283 Australian residents were born in one of the 22 Arab League nations, a proportion which represented 0.8% of Australia's population. 120,000 Australians also had a parent who was born in an Arab state.