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Baloch Australians
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Baloch Australians (Balochi: استرالیاءِ بلۏچ) or The Baloch of Australia are Australian citizens who are of Baloch ancestry or who hold Australian citizenship. There are measurable numbers of Baloch in Australia.[2]
Background
[edit]Many of the so-called early "Afghan cameleers" in Australia were Baloch men who came from the Balochistan region (parts of present-day Balochistan province in Pakistan, southern Afghanistan and eastern Iran).[3][4]
Baloch cameleers began arriving in Australia during the late 1800s, primarily to support the inland pastoral industry by transporting goods and supplies using camels. At their peak, there were around 2,000 cameleers and 4,000 camels operating across Australia.[5][6] Small groups of cameleers were shipped in and out of Australia at three-year intervals, to service the Australian inland pastoral industry by carting goods and transporting wool bales by camel trains.[4]
Dost Mahomet and Dervish Bejah Baloch[7] were Baloch cameleers who worked the Western Australian Goldfields in the late 1890s.[8][9][4] Baloch would later settle in Hergott Springs where he fathered a son Ben Murray with Karla-warru (also known as Annie Murray), who was an Arabana and Thirari woman.[10][11]
The Baloch cameleers significantly influenced Australian culture, establishing makeshift mosques known as "bush mosques" during their travels. One of the earliest mosques in Australia was built by Baloch cameleers in Hergot Springs (Maree, South Australia) in 1884.[12]
Current Presence
[edit]Today, there is a notable number of Baloch individuals in Australia[13] pursuing education and employment opportunities. The community continues to celebrate its heritage while integrating into Australian society. Sabah Rind a fourth generation Baloch woman continues to speak Baluchi at home.[14]
Notable people
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Bureau of Statistics". Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2013). The Iranian Languages. Taylor & Francis. p. 634. ISBN 9781135797041.
- ^ Westrip, J.; Holroyde, P. (2010). Colonial Cousins: a surprising history of connections between India and Australia. Wakefield Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-1862548411.
- ^ a b c Jones، Kenny, Philip, Anna (2010). Australia's Muslim Cameleers Pioneers of the Inland, 1860s-1930s. Wakefield Press. pp. 16, 17, 32, 40, 76, 87, 139, 187. ISBN 9781862548725.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tracing The Identities Of Baloch Cameleers In Australia". The Friday Times. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Australia's Muslim cameleer heritage". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ Jupp, James (2001). The Australian People. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780521807890.
- ^ Jones, Philip G.; Jones, Anna (2007). Australia's Muslim Cameleers: Pioneers of the Inland, 1860s-1930s (Pbk ed.). Wakefield Press. p. 39,172. ISBN 9781862547780.
- ^ "The Afghan camelmen". South Australian History: Flinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Austin, Peter; Hercus, Luise; Jones, Philip (1988). "Ben Murray (Parlku-Nguyu-Thangknyiwarna)". Aboriginal History. 12: 115–188 – via Informit.
- ^ Hankel, Valmai A., "Dervish Bejah (1862–1957)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2025-08-06
- ^ "Tracing The Identities Of Baloch Cameleers In Australia". The Friday Times. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Carina،Korn, Jahani،Korn (2003). The Baloch and Their Neighbours. Reichert. p. 11.
- ^ "Meet the fourth generation of a Baluch Afghan cameleer". SBS Radio. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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