Mandaean Australians
Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
Sydney and other cities
Languages
Mandaic, Arabic, Persian, English
Religion
Mandaeism
Interior of the Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney
Interior of the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Sydney

Mandaean Australians are Australians of Mandaean descent or Mandaeans who have Australian citizenship.

As of 2023, Australia has the largest Mandaean population in the world, followed by Sweden (which has the largest Mandaean population in Europe) and the United States.[1]

Sydney metropolitan area

The Sydney metropolitan area in Australia has one of the largest Mandaean diaspora communities in the world.[2] The community is centered in Greater Western Sydney suburbs such as Fairfield, Liverpool,[3] and Penrith.[4] In Liverpool, the main mandi (Beth Manda) is the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.[5] The Sabian Mandaean Association of Australia has purchased land by the banks of the Nepean River at Wallacia, New South Wales in order to build a new mandi.[6] Another mandi in Greater Sydney is the Yahya Yuhana Mandi (or Mandi Yehya Youhanna), located in Prestons.[7]

Associations

The Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia is the largest Mandaean association in Australia.[8] Religious affairs are managed by the Mandaean Synod of Australia.[9]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2. ISSN 1935-441X.
  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  3. ^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.
  4. ^ Smith, David Maurice (30 July 2015). "An Ancient Baptism in Sydney". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  5. ^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Liverpool, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Mandaean Synod of Australia". Welcome to the Mandaean Synod of Australia. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.
  9. ^ Mandaean Synod of Australia.
  10. ^ "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ^ Nasoraia, Brikha (2022). The Mandaean Rivers Scroll (Diwan Nahrawatha): an analysis. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-33544-1. OCLC 1295213206.
  12. ^ Mandaean Network.
  13. ^ "Art Studio Yuhana Nashmi Storytelling through Art". Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Tarmida Peyam Jizan, July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  15. ^ "PJ Chapter 1 V2". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan: March 2014". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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