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Australians

Australians
Total population
c. 24.5 million
Regions with significant populations
 Australia 23,534,699
 United Kingdom 400,000
 Thailand 350,000
 United States 94,000–200,000
 Hong Kong 90,000
 New Zealand 70,000
 Canada 62,910
 Indonesia 55,000
 Italy 30,000
 Lebanon 20,000–25,000
Languages
English · Other minority languages
Religion
Christianity (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism)
Other minority religions
Related ethnic groups

Australians (/əˈstrljənz/), colloquially known as Aussies (/ɒzz/), are people associated with Australia, sharing a common history, culture, and language (Australian English). Present-day Australians are citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia, governed by its nationality law.

The majority of Australians descend from the peoples of the British Isles. The Colony of New South Wales was established by the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1788, with the arrival of the First Fleet, and five other colonies were established in the early 19th century, now forming the six present-day Australian states. Many early settlements were penal colonies, and transported convicts (and, later, ex-convicts) made up a significant proportion of the population in most colonies. Large-scale immigration did not occur until the 1850s, following a series of gold rushes. Further waves of immigration occurred after the First and Second World Wars, with many post-World War II migrants coming from southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, south and east Asia, and the Pacific islands. Prior to British settlement, Australia was inhabited by various indigenous peoplesAboriginal Australians, Aboriginal Tasmanians, and Torres Strait Islanders, a Melanesian people. A small percentage of present-day Australians descend from these peoples.


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