Caribbean and West Indian Australians

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Caribbean and West Indian Australians are people of Caribbean ancestry who are citizens of Australia.

According to the 2006 Australian census, 4,852 Australians were born in the Caribbean^[2] while 4,242 claimed the Caribbean ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.^[1]

Connections between the

Black convicts, servants and sailors from the West Indies also arrived in Australia and many of them later integrated into Aboriginal communities. These relationships, and links forged through the sport of boxing, contributed to later alliances between the Black Consciousness Movements in Australia, the USA and the West Indies, including a branch of Marcus Garvey’s UNIA-ACL in Sydney in the 1920s.

Caribbean people were also among the many nationalities flocking to the

Especially since the abandonment of the White Australia policy, West Indians have arrived from many countries of the Commonwealth. From honky-tonk pianist Winifred Atwell to environmental engineer Ken Potter and writer Ralph de Boissière, they have brought wide-ranging skills, experience and cultural richness to Australia.

See also

• African Australians

References