Bosnian Australians

Bosnian Australians
*Bosanski Australijanci*
Total population
	28,246 by ancestry (2021 census) ; 26,171 born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021 census)
Regions with significant populations
	Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide
Languages
	Australian English · Bosnian
Religion
	Sunni Islam · Orthodox Christianity · Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
	Bosnian Americans, Bosnian diaspora

Bosnian Australians are Australians of Bosnian ancestry. At the 2021 census, 28,246 people stated that they had Bosnian ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry). At the 2021 census, 26,171 Australian residents were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

There have been three major influxes of Bosnians to Australia. The first period occurred in the aftermath of World War II, and the second occurred in the late 1960s/early 1970s following an economic depression and open border policy in the former Yugoslavia. Bosnian immigrants who arrived in Australia in the 1960s made important contributions to modern-day Australia through their role in the construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in New South Wales.^{[citation needed]}

The most recent wave of migration was during the 1990s when many Bosnians sought refuge from the Bosnian War. This migration was assisted under the refugee scheme of the Australian Red Cross. By 1996, a year after the war had ended, almost 14,000 migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina were living in Australia. Most of the new arrivals settled in Victoria – Bosnia and Herzegovina was the fifth-largest source of immigrants to Victoria in 1995-96.^{[citation needed]}

The distribution of Bosnian immigrants in Sydney as a percentage of the population

Demographics

Bosnians have predominantly arrived in Australia after 1992, with most of the community living in the south-east of Melbourne and in the south-west of Sydney. There are Bosnian run mosques in Deer Park, Noble Park, Penshurst and Smithfield.^[1]

Media

The SBS broadcasts a Bosnian-language program on SBS Radio 2 from 3 PM to 4 PM every Sunday. It also broadcasts BHT 1's Dnevnik news program every Friday morning from 8 AM to 8:30 AM as part of its WorldWatch programming block.

Other community radio stations such as 3ZZZ (Melbourne), 4EB (Brisbane), 6EBA-FM (Perth), 2000FM (Sydney), VOX FM (Wollongong), 1CMS (Canberra), 5EBI (Adelaide) also broadcast in Bosnian.

Language

In Sydney there are 5 Saturday schools for Bosnian Australian youths.^[2]

Bosnian Ethnic School Inc located at Amity College – Auburn

Bosnian Ethnic School Inc located at Australian Bosnian & Herzegovinian Cultural Association – Leppington

Bosnian Ethnic School Inc located at Liverpool Public School – Liverpool

Bosnian Ethnic School Inc located at Australian Bosnian Islamic Society Gazi Husrev-beg – Penshurst

Bosnian Ethnic School Inc located at Australian Bosnian Islamic Society Gazi Husrev-beg – Smithfield

Sport clubs

Notable people

Amir Alagic, soccer coach
Almir Pandzo, handball player
Ajdin Hrustic, soccer player
Azra Hadzic, tennis player
Andreja Pejic, model
Bernard Tomic, tennis player
Ed Husic, politician, Member for Chifley
Reshad Strik, actor
Husein Alicajic, filmmaker
Harley Balic, former AFL footballer
Hana Basic, sprinter
Katarina Carroll, Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service
Dino Djulbic, soccer player
Dijana Alic, academic
Inga Peulich, politician
Ned Catic, former professional rugby league footballer
Omar Jasika, tennis player
Mirza Muratovic, soccer player
Monika Radulovic, model
Esma Voloder, model
Sasa Sestic, barista
Selma Kajan, middle-distance runner

Notes

^ Haveric, David (February 2009). "History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria" (PDF). Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives, Victoria University. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ "Bosnian language schools".

External links

SBS Bosnian

[1] Haveric, David (February 2009). "History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria" (PDF). Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives, Victoria University. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[2] "Bosnian language schools".

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