Scottish Australian

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Scottish Australians are residents of Australia who are of Scottish ancestry.

According to the 2006 Australian census 130,204 Australians were born in Scotland[1] while 1,501,204 claimed Scottish ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
  2. ^ 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.

[edit] Further reading

  • Prentis, Malcolm D. (2008), The Scots in Australia University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.