Anglo-Celtic Australian describes Australians with British and/or Irish ancestral origins.
From the beginning of the colonial era until the mid-20th Century, British and/or Irish comprised the vast majority of settlers, and later, post-Federation immigrants coming to Australia.
Anglo-Celtic is not a category in the Australian census. The ABS has stated that most who list "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the Anglo-Celtic group. Australia...
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Anglo-Celtic Australian describes Australians with British and/or Irish ancestral origins.
From the beginning of the colonial era until the mid-20th Century, British and/or Irish comprised the vast majority of settlers, and later, post-Federation immigrants coming to Australia.
Anglo-Celtic is not a category in the Australian census. The ABS has stated that most who list "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the Anglo-Celtic group. Australian censuses tend to show significantly fewer people of Scottish and Irish ancestry than ethnic composition studies indicate. Australian demographer Dr James Jupp speculated that many of these people prefer to list themselves as being of Australian ancestry.
In 1999, the Anglo-Celtic ethnic strength in the Australian population was calculated as 69.88%. This represents a proportional decline from 1947 when Anglo-Celtic ethnic strength was 90% and 1988 when it was 74.55%. The study also projected that in 2025 the Anglo-Celtic proportion will fall...
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