There is a community of Australians in India, consisting mostly of expatriates and migrants from

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, as well as some ''Australian OCIs''. Australia has a High Commission in

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and

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s in

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and

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Overview

According to the Australian High Commission, there are about 3,000 to 4,000 Australians living and working in India.Australians in India edgy over backlash
/ref> 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

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sector in India. Large Australian firms such as

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and

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have operations in India. There are also many Australian cricketers wanting to get into

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In popular culture

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

Notable people

* Anne Warner - Australian state politician (born in India) *

Bob Christo Robert John Christo, was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's ''Abdullah'' (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Qurbani'' (1980), ''Kaalia'' ( ...

- Indian actor *

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- Professional wrestler & actor *

Fearless Nadia Mary Ann Evans (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996), also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-born Indian actress and stuntwoman, who worked in Indian cinema. She is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in ''Hun ...

- Indian film actress & stunt-woman *

Graham Staines Graham Stuart Staines (18 January 1941 – 23 January 1999) was an Australian Christian missionary, who along with his two sons, Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death in India by members of a Hindu fundamentalist group named ...

- Australian missionary & physician *

Gregory David Roberts Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel '' Shantaram''. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, wh ...

- Australian author, former addict & convicted bank robber *

Isha Sharvani Isha Sharvani is an Indian-Australian contemporary dancer and actress. She is known for her stylistic Indian contemporary and aerial dance performances. She has also starred in Bollywood, Malayalam and Tamil movies. Early life Isha was born in ...

- Indian actress & dancer *

Pallavi Sharda Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' ...

- Film/Theatre actress and dancer *

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- High Commissioner of Australia to India from 2009-2012, migrated from India to Australia in childhood *

Emma Brown Garrett Emma Brown Garrett is a former Australian actress who worked in Indian Bollywood and Tollywood Bengali movies. She made her Indian film debut in the Bengali movie '' Shukno Lanka''. Her Bollywood movies are '' Yamala Pagla Deewana'' and '' ...

- Australian actress

Business and social associations

There are a number of business and social organizations for Australian's in India including: * Australian and New Zealand Business Association
ANZBAI
, Mumbai * Australian, New Zealand Association
ANZA
, Delhi
Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
(IACC), Chennai

References

{{Australian diaspora

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Australia–India relations

Overview

In popular culture

Notable people

Business and social associations

See also

References