There are a lot of Croatians in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2006 when we played Croatia in the World Cup Finals, there were 6 players of Croatian descent in the Australian squad, and 3 guys who were born and raised in Australia in the Croatian squad. The first wave of Croatian migrants came after World War 2, along with large numbers of migrants from Italy and Greece. They were considered 'non-white', and it took a hard sell from the Labour government of the day to convince white anglo-saxon Australians to let them into the country.
I only knew Croatia because I've listened to too many true crime podcasts about Ivan Milat. I'm sure that he's not who the Croatian-Australian community wants to be known for, but he's certainly memorable.
I'm surprised by the amount of dutch. I'm first gen Aussie but half dutch and I only know of my own family and a scattering of others. My other half is Russian and they are everywhere in Sydney yet they don't make the list. Very surprised. Was it something to do with statistics from the USSR not working for this quiz? Or refugees? My mum was a Russian refugee but born in Germany so that would confuse things.
Probably not. But I was just saying they were there first. Also, once an ethnic community is established somewhere it will usually continue to attract more immigrants of the same ethnicity into perpetuity. One Dutchman settles in Sydney in 1700... his wife and two brothers come over in 1720... his two brothers go home to get married and bring back their wives in 1730... their wives each sponsor parents, cousins, nieces and nephews to come over... friends of said nephews stay in correspondence with those who moved and decide to join later, bringing members of their family with them, and so on and so on until there is a mix of people who were born there and new arrivals, as well.
After reading up on it some, apparently in spite of being called New Holland for a couple hundred years the Dutch never made an attempt to colonize Australia, deeming it an unsuitable place to live. When the English first established a permanent presence there it was in New South Wales, while the rest of the island was still called New Holland. Dutch immigration got a big boost during WW2 when people came over from the Dutch East Indies (part of Indonesia).
They weren't wrong. Basically everything on that hot, dry continent will kill you if given the chance. The Dutch are also used to a constant threat of flooding due to being at or below sea-level; they didn't know what to do with a land that didn't have that issue.
"Basically everything on that hot, dry continent will kill you if given the chance". When was the last time you heard of a koala or a wombat having killed anyone?
I'm an Australian and I haven't met anyone with Russian ancestry but I have met plenty of people with Dutch ancestry. Maybe it just depends on where you live. I live in a small town in Queensland but most Australian Russians seem to live in the cities especially Sydney and Melbourne so if you live around there you might've met more since there is a larger concentration of them.
Extremely close actually, with 77,000 people. And considering how fast Bangladeshi communities are growing in other English-speaking countries (like the US and Canada), I wouldn't be surprised if they make the list soon.
What I don't understand is I made this quiz 2 years ago using more recent data from the actual 2011 census (as opposed to the 2010 estimates this quiz uses) and the quizmaster decides to feature this one instead. Just...Sigh.
Likewise with the Dutch! Would say that I know/have encountered people from all of these different places before in Aus, but would never have picked the Netherlands. Wonder where they're all hiding!
I guessed them early on because I was aware of the early history of Australia which included Dutch exploration. But I don't know if that actually has anything to do with why there are many Dutch there now. Only ones I missed were Ireland and Lebanon.
As a massive rugby league fan I am ashamed that I forgot Lebanon seen as most of the Lebanese national team are made up of Australians of Lebanese descent...
I'm guessing those that missed Lebanon (two thirds) are not Australian. It's hard to miss the presence of the Lebanese immigrant community in Australia - particularly in Sydney, but in other major cities too.
In Germany we have this stereotype. Every girl who finishes high school is called Lisa and goes to Australia for a few months to "find herself" (or at least some buddies to get drunk with) and "gain life experience" (for her resume). Then when Lisa comes back it's so hard for her to switch back to German and her speech is riddled with English expressions. Looks like many of them stay in Australia.
Exactly, this is the only reason Ireland is in 20th position. If total number of immigrants was the basis for the quiz, Ireland would probably be in the top 5.
There are less than 50,000 residents in Australia who were born in Turkey according to every census since at least 1996. You might be thinking about residents of Turkish descent (i.e. whose parents or grandparents were born in Turkey) but that's not the same thing.
Why, though? Australia (Sydney in particular) has some of the largest Lebanese populations outside Lebanon (plus 3 of my 4 neighbours are Lebanese, too).
There's a huge Lebanese contingent in Sydney and Melbourne, while Nepal is the fastest growing minority in the country. There are many Sri Lankan people living in Australia's cities too.
So basically it took me about as long as you'd expect.
Jersey
Guernsey
Isle of Man(e)
Gibraltar
Cayman Islands
Falkland Is
St Helena
Virgin Is, Brit
Pitcairn Is
Anguilla
There are less than 50,000 residents in Australia who were born in Turkey according to every census since at least 1996. You might be thinking about residents of Turkish descent (i.e. whose parents or grandparents were born in Turkey) but that's not the same thing.