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1. Australia– People
Multiculturalism
Ancestry
Author/Composer
Muhammad Umar Shehzad
Faisalabad(Punjab)-Pakistan
Cell:+92-301-7004315
e-mail: m.umar.shehzad@gmail.com

2. Overview
Australia is a stable, culturally
diverse and democratic society with
one of the strongest performing
economies in the world. With an
estimated population of more than
22.5 million, Australia is the only
nation to govern an entire continent.
It is the earth’s biggest island and
sixth-largest country in the world in
land area, about the size of
mainland United States and one
and a half times the size of Europe.
Australia is home to one of the
world’s oldest living cultures.
Aboriginal peoples arrived at least
50,000 years, and Torres Strait
Islander people 10,000 years,
before European settlement.
Capital:
Canberra
Surface area:
7,692,024 sq. km
Population:
22.5 million (2011)
Main language: English
Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)
National day:
26 January
Time Difference: PST+5 Hours
International students: 426,748 (2011)
International Calling Code: 61
Literacy Rate:
99%
Overseas visitors: 5,875,000 (2011)
Political System : Parliamentary

3. Multicultural Policy

4. Multicultural Australia
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One in four Australians was born overseas.
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45 per cent of all Australians were born overseas or
have at least one parent who was born overseas.
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We speak more than 260 languages.
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We identify with 270 ancestries.
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Nearly 87 per cent of Australians think it is a good
thing for society to be made up of different cultures.

5. Australia : A diverse People
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Australian society is a melting pot of cultures. While Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples are the traditional inhabitants of the land, immigrants from more than
200 countries also call Australia home. Since World War II, more than seven million
migrants have come to Australia. From 1788 to the 1970s, the majority came from
Europe. These days, Australia receives many more migrants from Asia, and since
1996 the number of migrants from Africa and the Middle East has almost doubled.
Australia's immigration policy welcomes people from all over the world and does not
discriminate on racial, cultural or religious grounds. As a nation, we embrace the
spectrum of religious beliefs: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and
other places of worship are found in almost every major city.
“Australia: A Multi-Layered Country” captures the diversity of Australia – from its vast
landscape to its mixture of cultures. The Australian people are portrayed by a
multitude of faces, each cultural and ethnic group adding flavour and colour to our
country. We enjoy foods, sports and traditions that originate from around the globe.
The background of the piece is a mosaic of the diverse Australian landscape.
The focus of this piece is a union of medical researchers and students, placed at the
centre of this poster to represent the future of Australia, through discovery. We come
from diverse backgrounds from Europeans to Asians and Africans. We hold strong
values of tolerance and acceptance of our multi-layered nation, and unite in harmony
to “Advance Australia Fairly”.

6. ANCESTRY
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Ancestry is not necessarily related to a person's place of birth but is an indication of the cultural group that
they most closely identify with. It gives insight into the cultural background of both the Australian-born and
overseas-born populations when ancestry differs from country of birth. The 2011 Census asked
respondents to provide a maximum of two ancestries with which they most closely identify. As an
example, they were asked to consider the origins of their parents and grandparents.
Over 300 ancestries were separately identified in the 2011 Census. The most commonly reported were
English (36%) and Australian (35%). A further six of the leading ten ancestries reflected the European
heritage in Australia with the two remaining ancestries being Chinese (4%) and Indian (2%).
Just under a third (32%) of people who responded to the ancestry question reported two ancestries.
Second generation Australians were the generation most likely to report a second ancestry (46%). This
may be due to having a strong connection to Australia and also to a parent's country of birth. Third-plus
generation Australians were less likely (36%) to report a second ancestry. As both the respondent and
their parents were Australian-born, they may be less likely to have a connection to more than one country.
The group least likely to report a second ancestry were first generation Australians (14%).
The vast majority of people who reported an Australian ancestry were born in Australia (98%). For most
other ancestries, the majority of people were born either in Australia or the country associated with their
ancestry. The European ancestries in the top 10 ancestry groups follow this pattern. For example, 83% of
people who reported German ancestry were born in Australia and 10% were born in Germany. Only 7%
were born in other countries. This pattern differed for the Asian countries in the top 10 ancestry groups.
For example, for those who reported Chinese ancestry, 36% were born in China, 26% in Australia and
38% born in other countries. Of those who reported Indian ancestry, 61% were born in India, 20% in
Australia and 19% born in other countries.

7. Understanding Australia’s communities
Top ancestries in Australia
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8. Australian societal trends
Comparison of ancestry responses over 20 years
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11. Holidays in Australia
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New Years Day
National Day
Anzac Day
Queens Birthday
Halloweens Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
1st January
26th January
25th April
2nd Monday of June
31st October
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25th December
26th December