Peruvian Australian

Infobox Ethnic group
group=Peruvian Australian
"Peruano Australiano"
flagicon|Peruflagicon|Australia
poptime=4,772
popplace=Sydney, Melbourne
langs=Australian English, Peruvian Spanish
rels=Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism), Judaism
related=Peruvian people, Peruvian Britons, Spanish Australians, Spanish Peruvians, British Peruvians, Japanese Peruvians, Chinese Peruvians, mestizo

Peruvian Australian (Spanish: "Peruano Australiano") is an Australian with ancestry from Peru.

History

Peruvians settled Australia as refugees escaping the earthquake in 1960s and dictatorial government of Juan Velasco Alvarado in 1970s.

Ethnic composition of Peruvian Australians

Most Peruvian Australians are mestizos and whites of mostly Spanish blood. The most important white Peruvian Australians are of British ancestry, among them speak English natively with British accent. Like Australia, Peruvians have also Chinese and Japanese ethnicities.