Egyptian Australian

infobox ethnic group
group = Egyptian Australians


caption = Joseph Tawadros
poptime = 31,786 (by ancestry, 2006) cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true& | title = 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia| format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-06-02 Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288. ]
33,494 (by country of birth, 2006)cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-06-02 Total count of persons: 19,855,288. ]
popplace = Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Newcastle
langs = "Spoken": English, Egyptian Arabic
rels = Predominantly: Coptic Orthodox Christianity. Minorities include: Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Atheism.

According to the Australian 2006 Census, 33,494 Australian residents declared that they were born in Egypt and 31,786 declared that they were of Egyptian ancestry either alone or with another ancestry. Egyptian Australians might also have nominated themselves as being of Coptic ancestry (1,890 total responses). The majority of Egypt-born Australian residents are in Sydney (16,238) or Melbourne (11,156), with smaller communities located in Perth (1,407), Adelaide (982) and Brisbane (897). [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/download?format=xls&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex&producttype=Census Tables&method=Place of Usual Residence&areacode=0 ABS Census - Country of Birth, 2006] ]

Immigration from Egypt was significant in the late 1940s and 1950s, with minorities escaping the growing Arab nationalist movement in Egypt which saw the overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy and the subsequent Suez Crisis. [ [http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=15 Museum of Victoria] ] Around 2,000 Egyptian Jews left in this period. [ [http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/1145/1/01front.pdf The Migration Experience of the Jews of Egypt to Australia 1948 – 1967, Rachel Marlene Barda] ]

However the majority of Egyptian-Australians are Copts, with 19,928 Australian residents declaring membership of the Coptic Orthodox Church at the 2006 Census. [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/download?format=xls&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Religious Affiliation (full classification list) by Sex&producttype=Census Tables&method=Place of Usual Residence&areacode=020680-Religious Affiliation (full classification list) by Sex - Australia] ] It was claimed in the New South Wales Parliament in 2003 that there were 70,000 Copts in New South Wales [ [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040 Parliament of New South Wales Hansard, 12 November 2003] ] .

Notable Egyptian Australians

*Mamdouh Habib
*Taj El-Din Hilaly
*Robert Kabbas
*Naguib Kanawati
*Akmal Saleh
*Sam Soliman
*Joseph Tawadros

See also

*Egyptians
*Coptic Egyptians
*Coptic Orthodoxy in Australia

References

External links

* [http://www.coepa.org/ Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing Australia]
* [http://www.coptic.org.au/ Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney & Affiliated Regions]
* [http://www.melbcopts.org/ Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne]
* [http://www.coptictheology.com/ Coptic Theological College of Sydney Australia]