Asian Australians
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Asian Australians are Australians of Asian ancestry, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the propo
The Num Pon Soon building in Chinatown, Melbourne. Chinatown was founded by Chinese immigrants who came to Victoria during the Victorian Gold Rush. The Num Pon Soon Society was one of a number of district societies and benevolent associations aimed at supporting Chinese immigrants during the Victorian gold rush.
Cameleers with visitors, c.1891
'Podgy', a Sikh hawker in Goulburn Valley, Victoria.
Lao family arriving at Melbourne Airport in 1977
Indian Australians
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Indian Australians or Indo-Australians are a subgroup of the Indian diaspora residing in Australia. This includes both those who are Australian by birth, and those born in India or elsewhere in the di
Asian Australians
…South-East Asian (including Vietnamese, Filipinos, Indonesians, etc.); and Southern and Central Asian (including Indians, Sri Lankans, Afghans, Azerbaijani etc.). Ancestry is the primary statistical measure of ethnicity or cultural origins in Australia. The different…
An Aboriginal encampment, near the Adelaide foothills
RAAF Personnel with an Indian Sikh man during WWII.