The front page of The Australian Panorama Arabic Newspaper. The masthead is written in red Arabic script.

(2008). The Australian panorama Arabic newspaper. [Panorama Arabic Newspaper], [Parramatta, New South Wales]  https://www.panoramanews.net https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-747828340

Newspaper Resources

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The Australian Panorama Arabic Newspaper

Al-Iraqia Newspaper

Mesrena Elyoum

Arabic settlement in Australia

Migration from Arabic nations to Australia has a complex and multifaceted history. As a region, the 22 members of the Arab League (as of 2021) are Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Languages are complex and dialect differences within nations are common.

An example of early Arabic immigration is the story of the Afghani cameleers. The minaret of a mosque arises out of the MacDonnell Ranges. It stands in Alice Springs and is called the Afghan Mosque. Four thousand cameleers arrived in outback Australia between 1860 and 1930, bringing their camels with them. Many of the cameleers were Afghanis, while there were also Pakistanis and Indian nationals.

A sepia photograph showing a man leading a long train of camels through arid scrub land. Another figure can be seen in the background walking beside a camel. There are at least 6 camels in the train.

Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. (1914). An Afghani man leading a heavily laden camel train, 1914 [picture] / Frank Hurley.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152791565 

A photo of a man leading a camel-drawn carriage across desert sand dunes in South Australia.

Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer, 1889-1972. (1914). A camel buggy, South Australia, 1914 / Alexander Lorimer Kennedy. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-253064049

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