German Australians

Ethnic group

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Ethnic group

German Australians
Deutsch-Australier

Total population
1,026,138 (by ancestry, 2021)[1]
(4% of the Australian population)
107,940 (by birth, 2021)
Regions with significant populations
All states and territories of Australia, in particular Queensland and South Australia
Languages
Australian English, German, Barossa German
Religion
Christianity (Lutheranism, Catholicism), Judaism.[2]

German Australians (German: Deutsch-Australier) are Australians with German ancestry. German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish and Italian. German Australians are one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora.

## History

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| No. of arrivals
July 1949 – June 2000[3] | July 1940 – June 1959[a] | July 1959 – June 1970[b]

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Germany | 255,930 | 162,756 | 50,452
Total immigrant arrivals | 5,640,638 | 1,253,083 | 1,445,356
Percentage of immigrants from Germany | 4.5% | 13.0% | 3.5%

Germans have been in Australia since the commencement of European settlement in 1788. At least seventy-three Germans arrived in Australia as convicts.[4]

### 19th century

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Klemzig, the first German settlement in Australia (now a suburb of Adelaide), painted by George French Angas in 1846

Alexander Schramm's A Scene in South Australia (1850) depicts German settlers with Aborigines

Germans formed the largest non-English-speaking group in Australia up to the 20th century.[5]

#### Old Lutherans

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See also: Klemzig, South Australia § Background; and German settlement in Australia § The Skjold_Group – October 1841

Old Lutherans emigrated in response to the 1817 Prussian Union and organized churches both among themselves and with other German speakers, such as the Kavel-Fritzsche Synod.[citation needed]

Although a few individuals had emigrated earlier,[6] the first large group of Germans arrived in South Australia 1838, not long after the British colonisation of South Australia. These "Old Lutherans" were from Province of Brandenburg (then a Prussian province), and were trying to preserve their traditional faith. They emigrated with the financial assistance of George Fife Angas and the Emigration Fund. Not all subsequent arrivals shared this religious motivation, but the Lutheran Church remained at the centre of the German settlers' lives right into the 20th century.[7]

#### Forty-Eighters

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Forty-Eighters is a term for those who participated in or supported the European Revolutions of 1848. Many emigrated as a result of those revolutions. In particular, following the ultimate failure of the "March Revolution" in Germany, a substantial number[clarification needed] of Germans immigrated to Australia. See Forty-Eighters in Australia.

### 20th century

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By 1900, Germans were the fourth-largest European ethnic group on the continent, behind the English, Irish and Scots.[8] By 1914, the number of German-Australians (including the descendants of German-born migrants of the second and third generation who had become Australians by birth) was estimated at approximately 100,000.[9]

Throughout both world wars Australians of German ancestry were considered an "enemy within" and a number were interned or deported – or both. The persecution of German Australians also included the closure of German schools, the banning of the German language in government schools, and the renaming of many German place names. To avoid persecution and/or to demonstrate that they commit themselves to their new home, many German Australians changed their names into Anglicised or Francophone variants. During WWII, Australia was also place of incarceration of 2,542 "enemy aliens" deported from Britain, composed of many of the Austrian and German nationals who were expelled in a blanket deportation, and numerous Italian citizens.[10] Notorious for the inhumane treatment present during the voyage, the 2,053 anti-Nazis, 451 prisoners of war, and approximately 55 Nazi sympathisers and others departed from Liverpool via HMT Dunera shortly after the Fall of France in 1940.[10]

After the Second World War, Australia received a large influx of ethnic German displaced persons who were a significant proportion of Australia's post war immigrants. A number of German scientists were recruited soon after the War through the ESTEA scheme some of them coming by migrant ships such as the SS Partizanka.[11][12][self-published source] In the 1950s and 1960s, German immigration continued under assisted migration programs promoted by the Australian Government. By July 2000, Germany was the fifth most common birthplace for settler arrivals in Australia after United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.[3] By 1991, there were 112,000 German-born persons in Australia.

#### World War I

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Plaque commemorating the internment camp on Torrens Island Group of interned Germans playing zithers and guitars in the Berrima camp Trial Bay Gaol

The internment camps were maintained by the Australian Army during World War I. At the time, they were also described as concentration camps. Old prison buildings in Berrima and Trial Bay Gaol were initially used as locations for camps in New South Wales.[citation needed]

The largest internment camp in WWI was the Holsworthy Internment Camp, located west of Sydney.[13] There were camps in Berrima; Bourke; Holsworthy and Trial Bay (all New South Wales); Enoggera, Queensland; Langwarrin, Victoria; the Molonglo camp at Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory; Rottnest Island, Western Australia; and Torrens Island, South Australia. Smaller and temporary internment camps were also established on Bruny Island, Tasmania; Fort Largs, South Australia; and Garden Island, Western Australia.[14] The camp on Rottnest Island, which operated from the end of 1914 until the end of 1915, housed 989 people in September 1915. Among this group were 841 Australian and Austrian internees, as well as 148 prisoners of war.[15] According to a statement by the Australian War Memorial organisation, there were a total of 7,000 people interned over the course of World War I, including roughly 4,500 Germans and British people of German background who had already been living in Australia for a long time.[16] This meant approximately 4.5% of the German-Australian population were held in internment camps.

One of the largest internment camps for imprisoned officers and soldiers of the Imperial German Navy from the warzones in the Pacific, in China and in Southeast Asia, was the Trial Bay Gaol. Among those interned were German and Austrian business people who had been captured on ships, as well as wealthy, high-standing Germans and Austrians living in Australia who were assumed to be sympathising with the enemy. The camp was opened in August 1915 and at its peak contained as many as 580 men.[17] The internees were held in solitary cells within the prison, with the exception of those with a high social or military rank, who were kept in cabins on the bay. The prisoners were free to swim, fish, and sunbathe on the beach or play tennis in the prison yard on a court they had built themselves. In 1916 they held a theatre performance of the comedy Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.[18] They had their own orchestra and in 1917 created their own newspaper named Welt am Montag (World on Monday), which was published once a week. In memory of the four Germans who died in the camp, the internees built a monument on the hill at Trial Bay. The internees were transferred in 1918 due to fears that German warships would be able to land in the bay. They were moved to the Holsworthy internment camp near Sydney, now Holsworthy Barracks.[17] After it became known that graves of the Allied forces in Germany had been vandalised, the internees' monument was destroyed. It was once again constructed in 1960 and now leads the way to the memorial site on the hill.[19]

Some Australians believed that the prisoners were being treated too well. However, they were under constant surveillance, their post was censored and contact with the outside world (as well as contact with internees from other camps) was not allowed.[17]

Many internees from Western Australia were transported to camps in New South Wales, including the 193 German marines from the SMS Emden which had been defeated by HMAS Sydney.[citation needed]

After the war ended, the camps were shut down and most of the occupants were deported,[13] but German immigration was only made legal again in 1925. The German population increased slowly as a result and eventually came to a halt in 1933 with Adolf Hitler's rise to power.[20]

#### World War II

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Georg Auer, a Jew from Austria who came to Australia on the HMT Dunera. He was interned until 1942 and later joined the Australian Army.

In World War I, the majority of internees were of German heritage. However, in World War II, a large number of Italians and Japanese were also imprisoned. The internees, which included women and children, had come from more than 30 different countries, including Finland, Hungary, Portugal and also the Soviet Union. In addition to the Australian residents who were imprisoned, there were also people of German and Japanese descent who were captured overseas and brought to Australia. These people came from England, Palestine, Iran, present-day Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The first of these groups arrived on the HMT Dunera from England in 1940[21] and their destination was the Hay Internment Camp in New South Wales.

The internment camps in WWII were constructed for three reasons: residents could not be allowed to support Australia's enemies, the public needed to be placated, and those who had been captured overseas and transported to Australia had to be housed somewhere. All Japanese people were immediately imprisoned, but it was only after the war criminals of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were discovered that Germans and Italians were sent to the internment camps. This was especially true for those living in northern Australia, because that was where the enemy was expected to invade. More than 20 percent of Italians in Australia were held in internment camps as well as a total of 7,000 people with connections to the enemy, 1,500 of which who were British nationals. 8,000 people from overseas were detained in Australian camps and in 1942, the camps were at their largest, with a total of 12,000 internees in the country. In addition to British people of German origin, Australian fascists could not escape imprisonment: leading members of the Australia First Movement were interned, including Adela Pankhurst and P. R. Stephensen.[22]

## Demographics

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People with German ancestry as a percentage of the population in Australia divided geographically by statistical local area, as of the 2016 census.

German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish and Italian. German Australians are one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora. At the 2021 census, 1,026,135 respondents stated that they had German ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 4% of the total Australian population. At the 2021 census, there were 101,255 Australian residents who were born in Germany.[citation needed]

At the 2021 census, states and territories with the largest numbers of residents nominating German ancestry were Queensland (309,723), New South Wales (242,546), Victoria (212,907), South Australia (135,225) and Western Australia (78,337).[23] German Australians are therefore overrepresented on a per capita basis in Queensland and South Australia.

In December 2001, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs estimated that there were 15,000 Australian citizens resident in Germany.[24]

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2004, German Australians are, by religion, 32.8% Lutheran, 21.7% Catholic, 16.5% Anglican, 24.8% No Religion and 4.2 Other Religions.[citation needed]

In 2001, the German language was spoken at home by 76,400 persons in Australia.[citation needed] German is the eighth most widely spoken language in the country after English, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Tagalog.

## Culture

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The Australian wine industry was the creation of German settlers in the nineteenth century.[25]

The Goethe-Institut is active in Australia, there are branches in Melbourne and Sydney.[26]

The South Australian German Association[27] has held the annual traditional Adelaide Schützenfest in Brooklyn Park Australia [28]

### Education

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There are the following German international schools in Australia:

* German International School Sydney
* Deutsche Schule Melbourne

### Media

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Historically, German newspapers were set up by early settlers, with many being forced to close or merge due to labour shortages caused by the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s-1860s. A number of the earliest South Australian newspapers were printed primarily in German, and these included:

* Die Deutsche Post für die Australischen Colonien (1848–1850) – Adelaide: Australia's first non-English newspaper[29]
* Suedaustralische Zeitung (1850–1851) – Adelaide
* Deutsche Zeitung für Süd-Australien (1851) – Tanunda
* Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung (1851–1862) – Adelaide: this was also the first German language newspaper to publish an entertainment supplement, Blätter für Ernst und Scherz.[30]
* Süd Australische Zeitung (1860–1874) – Tanunda/Adelaide
* Australisches Unterhaltungsblatt (1862–1916) – Tanunda: a supplement to the Süd Australische Zeitung and Australische Zeitung
* Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung (1863–1869) – Tanunda; later renamed Australische Deutsche Zeitung
* Australische Deutsche Zeitung (1870–1874) – Tanunda/Adelaide: a Melbourne edition of the newspaper was also printed 1870–1872.
* Neue Deutsche Zeitung (1875–1876) – Adelaide: opposition newspaper to Australische Zeitung
* Australische Zeitung (1875–1916) – Tanunda/Adelaide: formed by the merger of Süd Australische Zeitung, and Australische Deutsche Zeitung; closed due to WWI
* Australische Zeitung (1927–1929) – Tanunda: attempted revival
* Adelaider Post (1960–1962) – Adelaide: South Australian edition of the Sydney-based Die Woche in Australien [de].
* Neue Australische Post (1984–1993), Salisbury

The Special Broadcasting Service airs a German-language radio program on SBS Radio 2 every weekday from 7 PM to 8 PM. They also air German broadcaster Deutsche-Welle's Der Tag news program every morning as part of its WorldWatch programming block.

### Missions founded by Germans

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* Killalpaninna Mission (1866 – 1915): Founded by Johann Friedrich Gößling and Ernst Homann, and two lay brethren, Hermann Vogelsang and Ernst Jakob; later joined by Strehlow.
* Hermannsburg, Northern Territory (1877 – 1982?): Founded by A. Hermann Kemp (sometimes spelt Kempe) and Wilhelm F. Schwarz of the Hermannsburg Mission in Germany.
* Aurukun Mission (1904 – 1913), originally Archer River Mission Station, Queensland: Founded by Moravians Rev. Arthur Richter and his wife Elisabeth[31]
* Bathurst Island Mission (1911 – 1978), founded by Francis Xavier Gsell[32]
* La Grange Mission at Bidyadanga (1955/6–1985)

## Notable Australians of German ancestry

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Name | Born | Description | Connection to Australia | Connection to Germany

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Eric Abetz | 1958 | Australian senator | Immigrated to Australia from Germany in 1961 | Born in Germany
Hugo Alpen | 1842 | Australian composer | Arrived 1858 | Born in Germany
Eric Bana | 1968 | Australian actor | Born in Australia | German mother
Gerard Brennan | 1928 | Judge and retired Chief Justice of Australia (1995–1998) | Born in Australia | German maternal ancestry
Bettina Arndt | 1949 | Sexologist and critic of feminism | Born in the United Kingdom | German father
Heinz Arndt | 1915 | Economist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Adam Bandt | 1972 | Politician | Born to Australia | German ancestry
Shaun Berrigan | 1978 | Rugby League player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Henry Bolte | 1908 | Politician (Premier of Victoria) | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Dieter Brummer | 1976 | Soap opera actor | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Ernest Burgmann | 1885 | Anglican bishop and social justice activist | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Meredith Burgmann | 1947 | Politician (Australian Labor Party) | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Wolfgang Degenhardt | 1924 | Artist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
George Savin De Chanéet | 1861 | Composer | Arrived 1884 | Born in Germany
Carl Ditterich | 1945 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Scott Drinkwater | 1997 | Rugby League player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Andrew Ettingshausen | 1965 | Rugby League player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Tim Fischer | 1946 | Politician (Deputy Prime Minister of Australia) | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Brad Fittler | 1972 | Rugby League player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Harry Frei | 1951 | Cricketer | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Johannes Fritzsch | 1960 | Conductor | Works and lives in Australia | Born in Germany
Gotthard Fritzsche | 1797 | Lutheran pastor | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Ken Grenda | 1945 | Businessman and philanthropist | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Michael Grenda | 1964 | Olympic cyclist | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Andre Haermeyer | 1956 | Politician (Australian Labor Party) | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Heinrich Haussler | 1984 | Cyclist | Born in Australia | German ancestry
George Heinz | 1891 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Christian Helleman | 1881 | composer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Hans Heysen | 1877 | Landscape artist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Ben Hilfenhaus | 1983 | Cricketer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Bert Hinkler | 1892 | Aviator | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Harold Holt | 1908 | 17th Prime Minister of Australia | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Hermann Homburg | 1874 | Politician | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Moritz Heuzenroeder | 1849 | composer | Arrived 1871 | Born in Germany
August Kavel | 1798 | Lutheran pastor | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Kristina Keneally | 1968 | Politician (Premier of New South Wales, later a senator) | Immigrated to Australia from the United States | German ancestry
Verdet Kessler | 1994 | Badminton Player | Born in Australia | German father
David Klemmer | 1993 | Rugby league player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
David Koch | 1956 | Television presenter | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Gerard Krefft | 1830 | Zoologist and palaeontologist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Sonia Kruger | 1965 | Television presenter, media personality and dancer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Dichen Lachman | 1982 | Actress and producer | Raised in Adelaide, Australia | Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a German-Australian father
Ludwig Leichhardt | 1813 | Explorer | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Darren Lehmann | 1970 | Cricketer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Carl Linger | 1810 | Composer | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Stewart Loewe | 1968 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Baz Luhrmann | 1962 | Film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Bertha McNamara | 1853 | Socialist and feminist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
John Monash | 1865 | Australian General | Born in Australia | German (Jewish) parents
Ferdinand von Mueller | 1825 | Botanist, geologist and physician | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
David Neitz | 1975 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Nadine Neumann | 1975 | Olympic swimmer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Olivia Newton-John | 1948 | Actress, singer, and humanitarian | Immigrated to Australia | German (Jewish) mother (daughter of Max Born)
Hubert Opperman | 1904 | Cyclist and politician | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Annastacia Palaszczuk | 1969 | 39th Premier of Queensland | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Raimund Pechotsch | died 1941 | composer | Arrived 1889 | Born in Germany
Arthur Phillip | 1738 | First Governor of New South Wales | Served in NSW 1788–1792 | German father
Ingo Rademacher | 1971 | Soap opera actor | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Jack Riewoldt | 1988 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Nick Riewoldt | 1982 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Margot Robbie | 1990 | Australian actress and producer | Born in Australia | Mother has German ancestry
Michael Rolfe | 1962 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Geoffrey Rush | 1951 | Actor | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Hermann Sasse | 1895 | Lutheran theologian | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
John Sattler | 1942 | Rugby league player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Chris Schacht | 1946 | Politician (Australian Labor Party) and mining company director | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Manfred Schaefer | 1943 | Football (soccer) player | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Jessicah Schipper | 1986 | Olympic swimmer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Melanie Schlanger | 1986 | Olympic swimmer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Mark Schwarzer | 1972 | Football (soccer) player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Emily Seebohm | 1992 | Olympic swimmer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Anthony Seibold | 1974 | Rugby league coach | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Gert Sellheim | 1901 | Artist | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Estonia to ethnically-German parents
Wolfgang Sievers | 1913 | Photographer | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Christian Sprenger | 1985 | Olympic swimmer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Lawrence Springborg | 1968 | Politician (Liberal National Party) | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Carl Strehlow | 1871 | Lutheran missionary | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Ted Strehlow | 1908 | Anthropologist | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Reginald Swartz | 1911 | Politician (Australian Liberal Party) | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Matthias Ungemach | 1968 | Olympic rower | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Michael Voss | 1975 | Australian rules footballer | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Shane Warne | 1969 | Cricketer | Born in Australia | German mother
Chris Watson | 1867 | Prime Minister of Australia | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Chile to ethnically-German father
Shane Webcke | 1974 | Rugby League player | Born in Australia | German ancestry
Fred Werner | 1850 | music professor | Arrived 1890 | Born in Germany
Judith Zeidler | 1968 | Olympic rower | Immigrated to Australia | Born in Germany
Markus Zusak | 1975 | Writer | Born in Australia | German ancestry

### German missionaries

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There were many German missionaries who emigrated to Australia, established mission stations and worked with Aboriginal Australians, in some cases helping to preserve their languages and culture.[33]

* 1838: Rev. Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (1815–1893) and Christian Gottlob Teichelmann (1807–1893) established and ran the Pirltawardli (or Piltawodli) Native Location in Adelaide from 1838 to 1845, learning the local Kaurna language, teaching the Kaurna in their own language and translating texts. Later Samuel Klose joined them. Their work provided the basis for a language revival in the 21st century, after the language was all but extinct.[34]
* 1892: Carl Strehlow was an anthropologist, linguist and genealogist who served on two Lutheran missions, Killalpaninna Mission (also known as Bethesda) in northern South Australia from 1892, and then, from October 1894, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory (also known as Finke River), renowned for its artists, with his wife Frieda Strehlow. They were the parents of noted anthropologist Ted Strehlow.[35]
* 1901: German Pallotine missionaries took over the running of the mission station at Beagle Bay Mission in Western Australia.[36]
* La Grange Mission at Bidyadanga (1955/6–1985), was run by Thomas Bachmair (1872–1918). Considered an "enlightened" mission, there was a strong emphasis on enculturation and respect for traditional customs and obligations.[37]

## See also

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* Barossa German
* European Australians
* Forty-Eighters
* German New Zealanders
* German settlement in Australia
* Goethe-Institut
* History of the Lutheran Church of Australia
* Immigration to Australia
* List of Australian place names changed from German names
* Lutheran Church of Australia
* Temple Society Australia
* German diaspora
* Australia–Germany relations

## Notes

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1. ^ Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: "Settler arrivals by birthplace data not available prior to 1959. For the period July 1949 to June 1959, Permanent and Long Term Arrivals by Country of Last Residence have been included as a proxy for this data. When interpreting this data for some countries, in the period immediately after World War II, there were large numbers of displaced persons whose country of last residence was not necessarily the same as their birthplace."
2. ^ Note this period covers 11 years rather than a decade.

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## Further reading

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* Lehmann, Hartmut. "South Australian German Lutherans in the second half of the nineteenth century: A case of rejected assimilation?" Journal of Intercultural Studies 2.2 (1981): 24–42. online
* Lehmann, Hartmut (1985). "Conflicting Linds of Loyalty: The Political Outlook of the Australischer Christenbote, Melbourne, 1867–1910". Journal of Intercultural Studies. 6 (2): 5–21. doi:10.1080/07256868.1985.9963275.
* Petersson, Irmtraud. German Images in Australian Literature from the 1940s to the 1980s (P. Lang, 1990)
* Seitz, Anne, and Lois Foster. "Dilemmas of immigration—Australian expectations, migrant responses: Germans in Melbourne." Journal of Sociology 21.3 (1985): 414–430. online
* Tampke, Jurgen (2008). "Germans". Dictionary of Sydney. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2015. (Germans in Sydney)
* Tolley, Julie Holbrook. "A social and cultural investigation of women in the wine industry of South Australia" (thesis, 2004) online

## External links

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* Zivil Lager (Internment Camp): World War One Prisoners Of War At Trial Bay (online exhibition)
* The Enemy At Home: German Internees in World War One Australia (online exhibition)
* Interview with Sophie Schütt about South Australian Documentary (in German)
* South Australia on German TV – article about Sophie Schütt travel documentary
* German Australian Aliens of Militarism
* German missionaries in Australia
* Deutsch Krone Project

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German people

Historical|

* Bundesdeutsche
* Reichsdeutsche
* Palatines
* Volksdeutsche

Diaspora|

| Europe|

| Central Europe|

* Czech Republic
* Sudeten Germans
* Hungary
* Poland
* Vistula
* Olęders
* Walddeutsche
* Galicia
* Slovakia
* Zipser
* Switzerland

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Eastern Europe|

* Belarus
* Moldova
* Black Sea
* Romania
* Transylvanian Saxons
* Landlers
* Danube (including Banat, Highland, and Walser)
* Satu Mare
* Bukovina
* Dobruja
* Regat
* Zipser
* Russia
* Volga
* North Caucasus
* Ukraine
* Bessarabia
* Black Sea
* Russian Mennonite
* Crimea
* Galicia

Northern Europe|

* Baltic states
* Denmark
* North Schleswig
* Potato Germans
* Norway
* Finland
* Sweden

Southern Europe|

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bulgaria
* Georgia
* Italy (South Tyrol)
* Yugoslavia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Serbia
* Slovenia (Gottscheers)
* Turkey
* Bosporus

Western Europe|

* Belgium
* France (Alsatians and Lotharingians)
* Netherlands
* United Kingdom

Multinational dimension|

* Central and Eastern

Americas|

* Argentina
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Hutterites
* British Columbia
* Chile
* Los Ríos Region (including German, Swiss and Austrians)
* Los Lagos Region (including German, Swiss and Austrians)
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Pozuzo
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch
* Nebraska
* Texas
* Omaha
* Palatines
* by city
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Colonia Tovar

Africa|

* Angola
* Cameroon
* Douala
* Yaoundé
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Kapitaï and Koba
* Ivory Coast
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Lagos
* Senegal
* Kapitaï and Koba
* South Africa
* Afrikaners
* Tanzania
* Bagamoyo
* Dar es Salaam
* Zanzibar
* Togo
* Baguida
* Sebe
* Lomé

Asia|

* China
* Beijing
* Qingdao
* Tianjin
* India
* Israel
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Korea
* Kyrgyzstan
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* United Arab Emirates

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Kokopo
* Rabaul
* German Samoans
* Apia

See also|

* Ostsiedlung
* Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)

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Ancestry of Australians

Ancestral background of Australian citizens

Indigenous|

* Aboriginal Australians
* Torres Strait Islanders

Africa|

* Angolan
* Beninese
* Burundian
* Cameroonian
* Congolese
* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Gabonese
* Gambian
* Ghanaian
* Guinean
* Ivorian
* Kenyan
* Liberian
* Malawian
* Malian
* Mauritian
* Nigerian
* Rwandan
* Senegalese
* Sierra Leonean
* South African
* Tanzanian
* Togolese
* Ugandan
* Zambian
* Zimbabwean

Americas|

* American
* Canadian
* Caribbean and West Indian Australian
* Hispanic and Latin American
* Argentine
* Bolivian
* Brazilian
* Chilean
* Colombian
* Cuban
* Ecuadorian
* Guatemalan
* Honduran
* Mexican
* Panamanian
* Paraguayan
* Peruvian
* Puerto Rican
* Salvadoran
* Uruguayan
* Venezuelan
* Jamaican
* Trinidadian and Tobagonian

Asia|

* Afghan
* Hazara
* Pashtun
* Armenian
* Azerbaijani
* Bangladeshi
* Bengali
* Bhutanese
* Burmese
* Chin
* Karen
* Mon
* Cambodian
* Chinese
* Hmong
* Hong Kong
* Cantonese
* Mien
* Taiwanese
* Hakka
* Fuzhou/Hokchiu
* Hoklo
* Tibetan
* Uyghur
* East Timorese
* Filipino
* Georgian
* Indian
* Bengali
* Gujarati
* Indo-Fijian
* Malayali
* Punjabi
* Sindhi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Indonesian
* Acehnese
* Balinese
* Javanese
* Madurese
* Sundanese
* Japanese
* Kazakh
* Korean
* Kyrgyz
* Laotian
* Malaysian
* Bruneian
* Kadazan
* Temoq
* Maldivian
* Mongolian
* Nepali
* Pakistani
* Baloch
* Hazara
* Pashtun
* Punjabi
* Sindhi
* Pathan
* Singaporean
* Sri Lankan
* Tamil
* Tajik
* Tatar
* Thai
* Turkmen
* Uzbek
* Vietnamese
* Hmong
* Mien

Europe|

* Albanian
* Anglo-Celtic
* Cornish
* English
* Irish
* Northern Irish
* Scottish
* Welsh
* Austrian
* Belgian
* Belarusian
* Bosnian
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Cypriot
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* Estonian
* French
* Finnish
* German
* Greek
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Italian
* Latvian
* Lithuanian
* Macedonian
* Maltese
* Montenegrin
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Romani
* Romanian
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovak
* Slovene
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Swiss
* Ukrainian

Middle East
and
North Africa|

* Arab
* Algerian
* Bahraini
* Egyptian
* Emirati
* Iraqi
* Jordanian
* Kuwaiti
* Lebanese
* Libyan
* Moroccan
* Palestinian
* Saudi
* Somali
* Syrian
* Tunisian
* Assyrian
* Bari
* Berber
* Coptic
* Chaldean
* Darfur
* Dinka
* Iranian
* Israeli/Jewish
* Kurdish
* Mandaean
* Nubian
* Nuer
* South Sudanese
* Sudanese
* Turkish
* Yezidi

Oceania|

* Fijian
* Indo-Fijian
* Niuean
* Ni-Vanuatu
* New Zealander
* Māori
* Papua New Guinean
* Samoan
* South Sea Islander
* Tongan

according to Reflecting a Nation: Stories from the 2011 Census, 2012–2013 and Census of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories from the Census, 2016
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