Albanian Australian

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Albanian Australian


caption = Notable Albanian Australians:
Labinot Haliti, Taip Ramadani, Adem Yze
poptime = Albanian 11,315 (by ancestry, 2006) 2,014 (by birth, 2006). "'
popplace = Sydney, Darwin, Western Australia, Blue Mountains, Newcastle
langs = Albanian, Australian English
rels = Predominately Muslim with sizeable Orthodox and Catholic minorities.

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

According to the 2006 Australian census 2,014 Australians were born in Albaniacite 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. ] while 11,315 claimed Albanian ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.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.]

The Albanians began to settle in Australia from the early 1920s settling in Northern Queensland, WA and Shepparton in Victoria. This ended with the commencement of World War 2. After that migration commence in 1950s from Albania being escappees from communism as well as Greece, Southern Italy and Kosovo, and from 1990s from Albania, Montenegro, and the Republic of Macedonia as refugees from the wars which ravaged the region in those years.

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