2006 Census while most others cited either Christianity (43%) or Buddhism (26%) instead. Slightly more than half (46,445) had Australian citizenship, and 47,521 had arrived in Australia in 1989 or earlier. 32,325 spoke English at home, 24,347 spoke Cantonese, 18,676 spoke Mandarin and 5,329 spoke Bahasa Melayu. Malaysian Australians were resident in Melbourne (29,174), Sydney (21,211) and Perth (18,993). Notable Malaysian Australians See also Islam in Australia Cocos Malays Australia–Malaysia relations References Further reading Cleland, Bilal. The Muslims in Australia: A Brief History. Melbourne: Islamic Council of Victoria, 2002. JPS Bach, 'The pearlshelling industry and the "White Australia" policy', Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 10, no. 38, May 1962, pp. 203–213 Bilal Cleland, Muslims in Australia: A Brief History, www.icv.org.au/history.shtml Nahid Kabir, Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations, and Cultural History, Kegan Paul, London, 2004 Nahid Kabir, 'Muslims in Western Australia, 1870–1970', Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 12, part 5, 2005, pp. 550–565 L Manderson, 'Malays' in James Jupp (ed.), The Australian People, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1988, pp. 691–93 Daniel Oakman, Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan, Pandanus Press, Canberra, 2004 Gwenda Tavan, The Long, Slow Death of White Australia, Scribe, Melbourne 2005 External links History of immigration from Malaysia Muslim Journeys – Arrivals – Malays HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – "there was a place called 'Malay Town' set up in Cairns ..." Malay boy, Broome [CC-By-SA] (History of Malaysians in Sydney) Malaysia Australian Immigration to Australia