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Albanian Australians ( Albanian: Shqiptarë Australian) are residents of Australia who have Albanian heritage or descent; many are from Albania and North Macedonia but some are from Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, Bosnia and Italy.
Mar 19, 2024 · They are a small group of Albanian Muslim farmers whose ancestors arrived in Australia in the early 1920’s in search of a livelihood. We were able to not only capture their remarkable story, but also unpack how they were able to hold onto their faith and religion for over 100 years.
- Country Background
- Ethnicity, Language and Religion
- Education and Economy
- Albanian Community in Australia
- The Albanian Community in Shepparton
Official Name : Republic of Albania Location Albania is a country in Southeast Europe, bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km (45 mi) fr...
Ethnicity Albania recognizes three national minorities, Greeks, Macedonians and Montenegrins, and two cultural minorities, Aromanians and Romani people. Other Albanian minorities are Bulgarians, Gorani, Serbs, Balkan Egyptians, Bosniaks and Jews. Regarding the Greeks, “it is difficult to know how many Greeks there are in Albania. The Greek governme...
Education Before the establishment of the People’s Republic, Albania’s illiteracy rate was as high as 85%. Schools were scarce between World War I and World War II. When the People’s Republic was established in 1945, the Party gave high priority to wiping out illiteracy. As part of a vast social campaign, anyone between the ages of 12 and 40 who co...
Albanian Settlement The first recorded Albanian to settle in Australia was Naum Konxha who arrived in Brisbane in 1885 with his English wife and decided to stay permanently. However, the first significant Albanian migration to Australia started in the 1920s after the United States of America placed migration quota restrictions for Southern European...
Albanian migrants were one of the earliest groups to arrive and settle in Greater Shepparton. They began arriving nearly 100 years ago, and now there are over 3000 people in our community who can lay claim to having an Albanian heritage. The Albanian community is one of Shepparton’s strongest and most established multicultural communities, and the ...
The Albanian Australian Community of NSW mission is to provide a range of culturally appropriate programs and services to those of the Albanian diaspora residing in NSW. The Organisation was established in 1981 and board representatives have been voted in by devoted members of the community.
The origin of the Albanians has been the subject of historical, linguistic, archaeological and genetic studies. The first mention of the ethnonym Albanoi occurred in the 2nd century AD by Ptolemy describing an Illyrian tribe who lived around present-day central Albania.
The largest communities of the Albanian diaspora are particularly found in Italy, Argentina, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Other important and increasing communities are located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Belgium, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
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Free Call 1800 SHQIPE 1800 74 74 73. Albanian Australian Community of NSW. https://www.aacnsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/National.mp3
