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Most of the Australians are Caucasians i.e. white people, Settlers from Europe. And the original people of Australia are aboriginals (Native to Australia), dark brown skinned people, who were outnumbered by the settlers. _____________________________________________________________________

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Most Australians are of European descent. The largest European people in Australia are the Anglo-Celtic Australians (or just "Anglos"), who are of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish (and even Cornish and Manx) descent. Other large groups of Northern Europeans include the Germans, Dutch and Scandinavians.

Southern and Eastern Europeans in Australia are not as assimilated into the single White identity that the US has. They are still seen as "wogs".

Southern Europeans in Australia include mostly Italians and Greeks - there is even a large amount of Maltese!

Eastern Europeans include Slavs such as Serbs, Poles, Croats, Bosniaks, Russians, Ukrainians, Macedonians and others. Non-Slavic Eastern Europeans include Albanians and Hungarians. Middle Easterners are one of the newer immigrant groups (the older "wogs" are joining with the Anglos because of newer groups such as these). They include Arabs (the largest group of Arabs are those with ancestry in Lebanon, although there are a substantial number of Egyptians, too) and Turks. East Asians are huge in Australia. The Chinese are one of the largest migrant groups, and many Anglo-Australians are afraid of being swamped by Asians (see: the notorious racist politician Pauline Hanson)! Chinese are the biggest group of East Asians, indeed, Cantonese is the fourth largest language in Australia! Japanese and Koreans also have a large presence.

There is a large amount of Southeast Asians, especially Filipinos, Vietnamese and Thais. There are not many Black-Africans or Native Americans in Australia, but there are some. Jews, especially Ashkenazis (but also from other groups) are also present in Australia, but they are not anywhere near the size and influence of the American Jewish community (where the largest number of Jews reside).

The Australian Aboriginal tribes were the original ethnic groups of Australia. However, after British colonization, the English became the majority. Later, the English merged with the Scots and Welsh into a single "English-aligned" group, due to their common dislike of the Irish. Then, the Irish became part of the Anglo group, due to Hungarian, German, Italian, etc. Immigration. Then the Hungarians, Germans, Italians, etc. became part of the White group because of Asian immigrants. Aborigines, unfortunately, are one of the poorest ethnic groups in Australia.

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