Dutch Australians

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Dutch Australians
Nederlandse Australiërs
Australian population
)
66,481 (by birth,
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Dutch people

Dutch Australians refers to Australians of Dutch ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the Dutch diaspora outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[3] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[3]

History

Early history

The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil in 1606.[4][5]

The

Van Diemens Land and the Tasman Sea were eventually named after him. Most of the Australian coastline was first charted by VOC mariners, excluding the east coast and the eastern part of the south coast. The continent would be renamed "Australia" in the 19th century.[citation needed
]

20th century

50,000 migrants arrived in 1950s

A number of people from the

RAAF squadrons formed at Canberra, and was a combined Dutch and Australian Squadron. It used B-25 Mitchell bombers, supplied by the Dutch Government before the war. The Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was based in Melbourne during the war.[citation needed
]

Post-war settlers in Australia arrived as part of

]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[3] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[3]

Notable Dutch Australians

See also

References

  1. ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Cultural diversity: Census, 2021 | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "GCP AUS". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  4. ^ "Early Dutch Landfall Discoveries of Australia". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  5. ^ Allies in Adversity at the Australian War Memorial
  6. ^ the book of Australian Country Music. The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Company

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