Romanian Australians

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Romanian Australians
Total population
Romanian:
  • 14,051 (by birth, 2011)
  • 20,998 (by ancestry, 2011)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
Languages
Romanian  · Australian English
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Church,
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism.
Related ethnic groups
Romanian Americans, Romanian Canadians, Romanian Britons, Romanian Germans, Romanian French people, Other European peoples

Romanian Australians may include those who have immigrated to Australia from Romania, and Australian-born citizens of Romanian descent. According to ABS (2021 census) figures, there are 28,103 people with Romanian ancestry in Australia. [1]

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Romanians were registered in Australia for the first time more than 80 years ago having emigrated for work seeking a more prosperous economic status, or as missionaries.[ citation needed ] But the first wave of Romanian emigrants to Australia came after World War II, when Romania was experiencing severe economic and political problems. The Romanians who were then emigrating to Australia principally settled in areas around Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The number of Romanians who came to Australia at the time is estimated to be around 2,000 people. [2]

The second wave of Romanian emigration to the Australian continent began after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when the Communist regime fell and citizens received the right to leave Romania. They came in large numbers for the same reasons as the first-wave immigrants.

A diverse range of ethnic backgrounds can be found among the Romanian-born population in Australia, including Roma (Gypsies), Germans, Hungarians, Serbians, Russians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and Bulgarians. [3]

History

Vasile Teodorescu, born in Galați in 1853, was one of the early Romanian settlers in Australia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest. [3]

Demographics

As of 2006 the largest communities of Romanian-Australians could be found in Melbourne (6,482 [4] ), Sydney (4,145 [5] )and Brisbane (1,912 [6] ).

In the 2006 Census, among Romanian-born persons, the religious breakdown was as follows: 80.6% Christianity, 5.8% no religion or atheism, 4.4% Judaism, 3.0% other religions and 5.6% did not answer the question. [7]

Notable Romanian Australians

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References

  1. Population by ancestry (Australia), 2021 Australian census
  2. "Department of Home Affairs Website" (PDF). 17 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Jupp, James (1 October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-80789-0 . Retrieved 1 March 2024 via Google Books.
  4. Population by ancestry (Melbourne), 2006 Australian census
  5. Population by ancestry (Sydney), 2006 Australian census
  6. Population by ancestry (Brisbane), 2006 Australian census
  7. 2006 census data abs.gov.au