English Australians, known as Anglo-Australians, are Australians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.
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10 Facts About English Australians
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People of ethnic English Australians origin have been the largest group to migrate to Australia since the establishment of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788.
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English Australians are a subset of Anglo-Celtic Australians, who are themselves a subset of European Australians.
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Many more English Australians people immigrated to Victoria by the gold rush of the 1850s.
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Between 1840 and 1870 there were more Irish than English Australians assisted migrants which did not change until the 1870s, when there were more English Australians.
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Australians of English ancestry made up more than 50 per cent of the population at the time of Federation .
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Surges of English Australians immigration in the 1910s, 1920s, 1950s and 1960s sustained the English Australians-born as the largest single immigrant group throughout the 20th century.
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In 1978 Australians of predominantly English ancestry made up over 45 per cent of the population.
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People of English Australians descent were by far the single most influential ethnic group in colonial Australia.
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The founding of Australia by English Australians people is still evident in place names, Australia's common law legal system, popular dishes such as fish and chips and English Australians as Australia's national language.
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