Anglo-Australians
English-heritage Down Under
Anglo-Australians are Australians of British or Irish descent, or more broadly, those of European ancestry whose families have been in Australia long enough to be considered part of the dominant cultural majority.
The term distinguishes this group from Indigenous Australians and more recent immigrant communities: Anglo-Australian families have been here for generations.
Sometimes used critically to highlight cultural assumptions or privilege.
Foreign territorial takeover
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- convictsImprisoned felons
- Botany BayNew South Wales inlet
New South Wales · penal colony · free settlers · land grants · squatters · pastoralists · frontier · colonial era
Of the United Kingdom
- IrishOf the Emerald Isle
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
- WelshOf a Celtic nation
- ancestryFamily line of descent
descendants · heritage · lineage · colonial · pioneers · settlers · founding families · genealogy
Over half of total
- censusOfficial population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
integration · multiculturalism · diaspora · emigration · immigration · expatriates · second-generation
Dominant cultural current
- dominant cultureSociety's prevailing belief system
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
- cricketChirping legged insect
rugby · meat pie · digger · mateship · larrikin · fair go · tall poppy
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
Botany Bay · New South Wales · penal colony · free settlers · land grants · squatters · pastoralists · frontier · colonial era · British Empire
British
Of the United Kingdom
ancestry · descendants · heritage · lineage · colonial · pioneers · settlers · founding families · genealogy · family history
majority
Over half of total
- censusOfficial population count
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- citizenshipStatus as state member
naturalization · integration · multiculturalism · diaspora · emigration · immigration · expatriates · second-generation
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- dominant cultureSociety's prevailing belief system
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
cricket · rugby · meat pie · digger · mateship · larrikin · fair go · tall poppy
Anglo-Australiansmigrant communities
Relocated groups in new lands
Anglo, Australians, Australian, Australia, Angles, Anglican, Anglicanism, Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon