Afghan Australians

Afghan Australians (Dari: استرالیایی های افغان‌تبار Ostorâliyâi-hāye Afghān tabar, Pashto: د اسټرالیا افغانان Da Asṭrālyā Afghanan) are Australians tied to Afghanistan either by birth or by ancestry.

This article is about people from Afghanistan living in Australia. For the South Asian cameleers commonly known as "Afghans", see Afghan cameleers in Australia.

Afghan Australians
Total population
59,797 by birth (2021)
Languages
Dari (Persian dialect), Pashto, other languages of Afghanistan and English
Religion
Predominantly Islam, minority Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Afghan New Zealanders, Afghan diaspora

The first Afghans who migrated to Australia arrived mid the 19th century as cameleers. Over subsequent decades, they played a crucial role in facilitating British exploration of the country's desert centre.

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