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Hindus are a religious minority in Australia, roughly 70,000 by estimate. According to the 2001 census there are 95,473 Hindus in Australia. In the 19th Century, Hindus first came to Australia to work on cotton and sugar plantations. Many remained as small businessmen, working as camel drivers, merchants and hawkers, selling goods between small rural communities. These days Hindus are well educated professionals in fields such as medicine, engineering, commerce and information technology. The Hindus in Australia are mostly of Indian origin, with some originating from other parts of the Indian subcontinent. The majority of Australian Hindus live along the Eastern Coast of Australia and are mainly located in the cities of Melbourne and Sydney. As a community Hindus live relatively peacefully and in harmony with the local populations. They have established a number of temples and other religious meeting places and celebrate most Hindu festivals. This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sugarcane plantation at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2005 A plantation is a large tract of monoculture, as a tree plantation, a cotton plantation, a tea plantation or a tobacco plantation. ... Hawkers, a name given to road-side vendors in India. ... Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ... It has been suggested that Australian landform divisions be merged into this article or section. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920 within the city centre. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an Doric Greek temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ... The Hindu religion has many festivals. ...

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The following dates tell us briefly about the arrival of Hinduism.

• 1788 – Indian crews from Bay of Bengal came to Australia on trading ships.
• 1816 – Domestic servants in European households left the port of Calcutta to take up labouring work in Sydney.
• 1844 – P. Friell who had previously lived in India, brought 25 domestic workers from India to Sydney and these included a few women and children.
• 1850’s – A Hindu merchant, Shri Pammull, built a family opal trade in Melbourne that has prosperously continued with his third-to fourth-generation descendants.
• 1857 – The census showed a mere 277 Hindus in Victoria. The gold rush years attracted many Indians to Australia and across the borders to the gold mines in Victoria.
• 1893 – The census showed that 521 Hindus were living in New South Wales.
• 1901 – Just about 800 Indians lived in Australia, the majority of them lived in northern NSW and Queensland.
• 1911 – The census counted 3698 Hindus in the entire country.
• 1921 – Less than 2200 Indians lived in Australia.
• 1977 – The first Hindu temple in Australia, the Sri Mandir Temple, was built. Established by three devotees; Dr Padmanabn Shrindhar Prabhu, Dr Anand and Mr Prem Shankar, who bought an old house in Auburn NSW and paid $12000.00 to convert it into a temple.
• 1981 – The census recorded 12,466 Hindus in Victoria and 12,256 in NSW from a total of 41,730 in the entire country.
• 1985 – a Hindu society, the Saiva Manram, was formed in order to build a temple for Lord Murukan. Since its inception, Lord Murukan has been called 'Sydney Murukan'. The Saiva Manram has worked hard for nearly ten years to build a temple for Lord Murukan.
• 1996 – Hindus with their birthplace in India made up 31 per cent of all Hindus in Australia. But the census also showed there were 67,270 Hindus living in Australia.

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[edit] See also

• Religion in Australia
• List of Hindu temples

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Hinduism in Oceania

	Australia Religion in Australia is diverse: there is no state religion, the establishment of which is prohibited by the Constitution. ... A Hindu temple is called Mandir or Kovil . ... Image File history File links Australia. ...	Australia · Norfolk Island · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands
	Melanesia Copyright 2004 Affordable Solutions Pty Ltd Aust. ... Map showing Melanesia. ...	East Timor · Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu Motto: Honra, Pátria e Povo(Portuguese) Honour, Homeland and People Anthem: Pátria Capital (and largest city) Dili Official languages Tetum, Portuguese1 Government Republic  - President Xanana Gusmão  - Prime Minister José Ramos Horta Independence from Portugal2   - Declared November 28, 1975   - Recognized May 20, 2002  Area  - Total 14,609 km...
	Micronesia Image File history File links Micronesia. ...	Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau
	Polynesia Image File history File links Polynesia. ... Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...	American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna Hinduism is one of the fastest growing religions in New Zealand. ...