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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.
The 1933 Australian Census recorded 770 Albania-born living in Australia, mostly in Queensland and Victoria. Many Muslim Albanians settled around Mareeba in northern Queensland and most of the Christian
- 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 ...
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.
A large Albanian population lives in the Republic of Macedonia, with smaller Albanian populations located in Serbia and Montenegro. Albanians produced many prominent figures such as Skanderbeg, leader of the medieval Albanian resistance to the Ottoman conquest and others during the Albanian National Awakening seeking self determination.
May 16, 2021 · The first waves of emigration from Albania to Australia date in 1920-the 1930s. These were generally small groups, mostly coming from southern Albania, mainly from the Korça area, and settled in the town of Shepparton and the towns of Mariba; were employed in agriculture, in the cultivation of tobacco and sugar cane.
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Albanian Australians are a geographically dispersed community; the largest concentrations are in the Melbourne suburb Dandenong and in the regional city Shepparton, both of which are in Victoria. The Albanian community has been present in Australia for a long period, and its presence in the country is unproblematic and peaceful.
