Ukrainian Australian

The Ukrainians (Українці in Ukrainian) are an ethnic minority in Australia, numbering about 34,000 people, hence making up 0.16% of the total population.cite web|url=http://www.ozeukes.com/std1.php?parm=aboutoz7.php |title=Overview of the Ukrainian Community in Australia |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 23 |accessyear=2007 |author= |last=Mandyczewsky |first=Andrew |format= |work=OzeUkes |language=English ] Currently, main concentrations of Ukrainians are located in Melbourne and Sydney.cite web|url=http://www.ozeukes.com/std1.php?parm=aboutoz7.php |title=Overview of the Ukrainian Community in Australia |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 23 |accessyear=2007 |author= |last=Mandyczewsky |first=Andrew |format= |work=OzeUkes |language=English ]

History

Most of the Ukrainians first came to Australia along with other nationalities in the post-World War II wave of refugees from Europe.cite web|url=http://www.ozeukes.com/std1.php?parm=aboutoz7.php |title=Overview of the Ukrainian Community in Australia |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 23 |accessyear=2007 |author= |last=Mandyczewsky |first=Andrew |format= |work=OzeUkes |language=English ] These refugees were termed as "displaced persons" and first started arriving in 1948. Before then, only a small number of Ukrainians populated in the country.cite web|url=http://www.ozeukes.com/std1.php?parm=aboutoz7.php |title=Overview of the Ukrainian Community in Australia |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 23 |accessyear=2007 |author= |last=Mandyczewsky |first=Andrew |format= |work=OzeUkes |language=English ]

When Australia replaced the White Australia policy with a policy of Multiculturalism in 1975, Ukrainian language radio broadcasts and funding for Ukrainian culture and education increased.cite web|url=http://www.ozeukes.com/std1.php?parm=aboutoz7.php |title=Overview of the Ukrainian Community in Australia |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 23 |accessyear=2007 |author= |last=Mandyczewsky |first=Andrew |format= |work=OzeUkes |language=English ]

Organizations

Community representation and structure

The Federation of Ukrainian Organizations in Australia is the umbrella organization that represents the Ukrainian Community in Australia. Each State has a number of Ukrainian communities which are registered as corporations. In New South Wales there is also an Association of Ukrainian Communities that oversees the functions of the Ukrainian communities in that State.

Organized Ukrainian communities exit in:
*New South Wales and the A.C.T.
**Sydney
***Blacktown
***Cabramatta
***Lidcombe
***Merrylands
***Sefton
**Newcastle
**Wollongong
**Queanbeyan
**Canberra

*Victoria
**Melbourne
**Ballarat
**Essendon
**Wodonga

*Queensland
**Brisbane
**Toowoomba

*South Australia
**Adelaide

*Western Australia
**Perth

Cultural organizations

The Ukrainian community was very active in the formation of a variety of cultural organizations. These include youth organizations such as Plast and SUM, a variety of arts organizations and political organizations.

Youth organizations

Religion and Churches

Religion was an important aspect of Ukrainian life. In Australia the largest percentage of the Ukrainian émigré population came from Western Ukraine, primarily from Galicia. As a result the Ukrainian Catholic Church had considerable support. A significant percentage of Ukrainian émigrés came from Volyn and Bukovyna and primarilly subscribed to the Ukrainian Orthodox church. Ukrainians who hailed from Central and Eastern Ukraine tended to support the Ukrainian Orthodox tradition.

Ukrainian baptist churches also exist in the larger cities as do communities of RUN Vira.

chools and Education

Ukrainian schools were established in most Ukrainian communities and also in association with the Ukrainian Catholic Church. At their height some 2,300 students were enrolled in one year. The school system established and maintained a Federal Ukrainian school council, published textbooks which were also used in Ukrainian school systems in North America and Europe.

Ukrainian language was included into the curriculum as a high school matriculation subject in 1978.

Departments of Ukrainian language were established and maintained on donations from the Ukrainian community at Macquarie University in Sydney and Monash University in Melbourne.

ee also

* Ukrainian diaspora
* Immigration to Australia

References

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* [http://www.ozeukes.com ozeukes.com] — Ukrainian community in Australia