The first
Assyrians arrived in Australia in the mid 1950s and in 2005 they
number close to 20,000 in Sydney, the majority of which live in
Fairfield. The Australian Assyrians have a rich history spanning over
6,500 years and originate from Bet Nahrain, the land between the two
rivers of Euphrates and Tigris in the Middle East. The Assyrians are
indigenous to the lands of modern northern Iraq, southern Turkey and
the adjoining regions of Iran and Syria. Embracing Christianity in the
first century, the Assyrian nation has maintained its distinct
ethnicity, language and culture through arduous times over the
centuries. In Australia, four generations of Australian Assyrians have
built a significant presence in the Fairfield area, whose needs range
from longer-term community infrastructure building to assisting recent
humanitarian and refugee arrivals...
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A
milestone in community cooperation was reached on Saturday 7th
June 2008 by the official signing of a lease between two major Assyrian
agencies in the Fairfield area, the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church
of the East (ACOE) and the Assyrian Australian Association (AAA)...
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The
Melbourne based Foreva Young Youth Committee (FYYC) from Melbourne
attended the ‘Freedom to Learn’ Sydney trip, with 18 Assyrian Chaldean youth visiting Sydney landmarks including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney
Opera House... more
A
prominent Assyrian resident has decided to take on Nick Lalich for the title
of Mayor in 2008 council elections. The president of the Assyrian sport and
Cultural Club, Assur Jako, said there were too many things "missing" in
Fairfield and he could no longer sit back and watch the city "fall apart"...
more
Fairfield
Assyrian women held a prayer vigil to pray for Christians in Iraq.
The vigil was held at St Mary's Parish, on Tuesday, August 14, on the
eve of the Feast of St Mary and the conclusion of the Assyrian Christian
Women's Conference... more
On a
freezing and misty morning, over 500 members of the Australian Assyrian
Sydney and Melbourne communities braved the weather and set up camp on the
lawns of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, home to the nation’s
federal politicians and key decision makers...
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A
prominent Assyrian resident has decided to take on Nick Lalich for the title
of Mayor in 2008 council elections. The president of the Assyrian sport and
Cultural Club, Assur Jako, said there were too many things "missing" in
Fairfield and he could no longer sit back and watch the city "fall apart"...
Fairfield
Assyrian women held a prayer vigil to pray for Christians in Iraq.
On a
freezing and misty morning, over 500 members of the Australian Assyrian
Sydney and Melbourne communities braved the weather and set up camp on the
lawns of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, home to the nation’s
federal politicians and key decision makers...