Mandaean Australians
Mandaean Australians are Australians of Mandaean descent or Mandaeans who have Australian citizenship. Most Mandaeans in Australia live in Greater Western Sydney.
As of 2023, Australia has the largest Mandaean population in the world, followed by Sweden and the United States.
Sydney metropolitan area
The Sydney metropolitan area in Australia has the largest Mandaean diaspora community in the world. The community is centered in Greater Western Sydney suburbs such as Fairfield, Liverpool, and Penrith. In Liverpool, the main mandi is Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi. The Sabian Mandaean Association of Australia has purchased land by the banks of the Nepean River at Wallacia, New South Wales, where Wallacia Mandi is currently being built. Another mandi in Greater Sydney is Yahya Yuhana Mandi, located in Prestons.In Western Sydney, Mandaeans mainly perform masbuta at Lighthorse Park in Liverpool, Yahya Yuhana Mandi, and Wallacia Mandi.
Associations
The Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia is the largest Mandaean association in Australia. Religious affairs are managed by the Mandaean Synod of Australia.Notable people
- Salah Choheili, the current Rishama and head priest of Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales
- Brikha Nasoraia, Rishama, professor, and President of the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council and Nasoraean Mandaean Association
- Khaldoon Majid Abdullah, the head priest of Mandi Yehya Youhanna in Prestons, New South Wales
- Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, a Mandaean living in Australia who has digitised many Mandaean texts using typesetted Mandaic script
- Yuhana Nashmi, artist, photographer, writer, and archivist
- Peyam Jizan, a tarmida in Sydney
- Sahi Bashikh, a tarmida in Sydney
- Thamir Shamkhi, a tarmida in Sydney
- Asaad Othmani, a tarmida in Sydney
- Waleed Khashan, a tarmida in Sydney
- Carlos Gelbert, a writer, novelist, and translator in Sydney