13 Facts About Italian Australians

Italian Australians constitute the sixth largest ancestry group in Australia, and one of the largest groups in the global Italian diaspora.

Two individuals of Italian Australians descent served on board the Endeavour when Captain James Cook arrived in Australia in 1770.

Many Italian Australians immigrants had extensive knowledge of Mediterranean-style farming techniques, which were better suited to cultivating Australia's harsh interior than the Northern-European methods in use previous to their arrival.

The deciding factor in the whole matter was the plight of the sugar industry: docile gang labour was essential, and the 'frugal' Italian Australians peasants were perfectly suited for such employment.

Nonetheless, more Italian Australians migrants arrived and soon nominated friends and relatives still in Italy.

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Nevertheless, the way Italian Australians migrants were conceived by Australian society was not going to change after its perception had formed in the early 1900s.

Regardless of its veracity, it could be applied to only a minority of the new arrivals since, by Italian Australians Government estimates, fully two-fifths of its emigrants to Australia were from the Veneto and another two-fifths were drawn from the Piedmont, Lombardy and Tuscany regions.

Italian Australians nationalism acted as an element of reaction and defence to the Australian environment.

Entry conditions of Italian Australians migrants became stricter in countries of more popular destinations as the United States, and Italian Australians Fascist authorities tightened the departure of migrants.

Many prisoners of war and Italian Australians-Australian interned worked hard in farms and cattle stations, thus gaining a favourable opinion as hard and committed workers by their Australian employers.

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

The Italian Australians community has very distinctive patterns of distribution that differentiate it from the total population.

The remaining Italian Australians workers were mainly involved in farming and fishing .