Australians in India

There is a community of Australians in India, consisting mostly of expatriates and migrants from Australia, as well as some Australian OCIs. Australia has a High Commission in New Delhi and Consulates in Mumbai and Chennai.[1]

Australians in India
Total population
3,000 - 4,000
Regions with significant populations
New Delhi · Mumbai · Chennai
Languages
English · Indian languages
Religion
Christianity · Hinduism · Islam
Related ethnic groups
Australian diaspora

Overview

According to the Australian High Commission, there are about 3,000 to 4,000 Australians living and working in India.[2] Industries such as hospitality, financial services and mining and materials have relatively higher concentration of Australian expatriates. About 1,000 Australian companies evince interest in doing projects in India every year despite the challenges of "bureaucracy" and "delays" as opportunities outnumber these impediments. At present, there are about 60 Australian companies working in the infrastructure sector in India. Large Australian firms such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Snowy Mountain Engineering, Macquarie Group and Leighton Holdings have operations in India.

There are also many Australian cricketers wanting to get into Indian Premier League.

[3]

  • Shantaram - a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts based on Roberts' own experiences in Mumbai

Notable people

Business and social associations

There are a number of business and social organisations for Australian's in India including:

  • Australian and New Zealand Business Association (ANZBAI), Mumbai[6][7]
  • Australian, New Zealand Association (ANZA), Delhi[8]
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gollark: The phone system is seemingly a weird horrible mess.
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See also

References
  1. "About us". Australian High Commission in India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  2. Australians in India edgy over backlash
  3. More Australian companies eyeing work in India's infra sector
  4. Harinder Sidhu to be Australian High Commissioner to India, The Hindu News, 11 Feb 2016
  5. Hare, Julie (10 August 2016). "New UQ chancellor Peter Varghese at home in his old playground". The Australian. News Corp.
  6. "About us". ANZBAI. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  7. Trade, corporateName= Department of Foreign Affairs and. "Australian High Commission in". india.highcommission.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  8. "AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION DELHI". anzadelhi.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  9. "Indo-Australian Chamber Of Commerce". www.indoaustchamber.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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