13 Facts About German Australians

German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish and Italian.

German Australians are one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora.

The persecution of German Australians included the closure of German schools, the banning of the German language in government schools, and the renaming of many German place names.

Some German Australians believed that the prisoners were being treated too well.

The German Australians population increased slowly as a result and eventually came to a halt in 1933 with Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

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German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish and Italian.

German Australians are one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora.

At the 2021 census, states and territories with the largest numbers of residents nominating German Australians ancestry were Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.

German Australians are therefore overrepresented on a per capita basis in Queensland and South Australia.

In 2001, the German Australians language was spoken at home by 76,400 persons in Australia.

German Australians is the eighth most widely spoken language in the country after English, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Tagalog.

South Australian German Australians Association has held the annual traditional Adelaide Schutzenfest in Brooklyn Park Australia.

Historically, German Australians newspapers were set up by early settlers, with many being forced to close or merge due to labour shortages caused by the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s-1860s.