- Scottish Australian
Infobox Ethnic group
group= Scottish Australian
caption = Notable Scottish Australians :John Hunter Lachlan Macquarie Thomas Brisbane Thomas Mitchell Andrew Barton PatersonMary Gilmore
poptime= Scottish 1,501,204 (by ancestry, 2008)cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true& | title = 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia| format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher =Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-05-19] 430,204 (by birth, 2006).cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher =Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-05-27] "'
langs =Australian English Scottish Gaelic
rels =Roman Catholic ,Protestantism
related =Scottish people ,Anglo Celtic Australian s,Irish Australians ,Welsh-Australians Scottish Australians are residents of
Australia who are of Scottish ancestry.According to the 2008 Australian census 430,204 Australian residents were born in
Scotland while 1,501,204 claimed Scottish ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry.History
Scottish Australians arrived with the
First Fleet in 1788, including John Hunter who was later to become the secondGovernor of New South Wales . Three of the first six Governors of New South Wales were Scots: John Hunter from 1795 to 1800;Lachlan Macquarie from 1810 to 1821; andThomas Brisbane from 1821 to 1825.Demography
At the 2006 Census 430,204 Australian residents stated that they were born in Scotland. Of these 80,604 had Australian citizenship.cite web|url = http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls |format = Excel download| title = 2914.0.55.002 2006 Census Ethnic Media Package| date = 2007-06-27|accessdate = 2008-07-14|publisher =
Australian Bureau of Statistics |work = Census Dictionary, 2006 (cat.no 2901.0)] The very great majority of residents, 83,503, had arrived in Australia in 1979 or earlier.Highland gatherings
Highland gatherings are popular meetings in Australia celebrating Scottish culture. Notable gatherings include:
*Bundanoon, New South Wales established in 1976, claimed to be one of the world's largest Highland Gatherings, and the biggest in Australia.Fact|date=June 2008
*Maryborough, Victoria held since 1857 on New Year's Day [ [http://www.maryboroughhighlandsociety.com/MaryboroughHighlandGathering.html MaryboroughHighlandGathering ] ]Notable Scottish Australians
See also
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Anglo-Celtic Australian
*Scottish placenames in Australia References
Further reading
* Prentis, Malcolm D. (2008), "The Scots in Australia" University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.
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