Filipino Australian
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| Total population |
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| 160,374 (by ancestry, 2006)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Primarily Sydney; New South Wales |
| Languages |
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Australian English, Tagalog, other Philippine Languages, and others. |
| Religion |
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Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Others |
| Related ethnic groups |
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Filipino people, Overseas Filipinos, Chinese Filipinos, Spanish Filipinos, Austronesians |
Filipino Australians are Australians who are either migrants or descended from migrants from the Philippines. In 2007 there are over 200000 Filipino Australians.[2] In Sydney, people born in the Philippines comprise 5.9% of the population in the City of Blacktown, and it is the largest directly-born ethnic group in Blacktown.[3]
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[edit] Background
Currently Filipinos are the third largest Asian Australian immigrant group behind Vietnamese Australians and Chinese Australians,[4] Females accounted for 65.5% of the Philippine community while males represented 34.5% of the Filipino Australian population.[5] According to census data, 50.2 per cent of the Philippines-born were resident in New South Wales , followed by 21.6 per cent in Victoria , 14.9 per cent in Queensland, and 5.2 per cent in Western Australia.
[edit] History
Filipinos were excluded from entering Australia under the White Australia Policy. As a consequence, their numbers in Australia remained minimal — confined to descendants of those few Filipinos who had migrated to the north west pearling areas of Western Australia and the sugar cane plantations of Queensland prior to 1901 — until the abolition of racially selective immigration policies in 1966.[5] The 1901 census had recorded 700 Filipinos in Australia.[5]
Martial law in the Philippines — declared in 1972 — and the renunciation of the White Australia Policy made Australia an attractive destination for Filipino emigrants, particularly skilled workers. Many Filipinas also settled in Australia from the 1970s onward as the spouses of Australian citizens. Marriages of brides born in the Philippines to long-time Australians rose very sharply from 1978, peaked in 1986, and remained high as at 2000, despite a dip in the early 1990s.[6] The 1980s were the period of the greatest Filipino immigration, with 1987-1988 being the peak year.[5]
[edit] Notable Filipino Australians
- Marc Nelson — actor, host, and model
- Mig Ayesa — Rock Vocalist
- Merlinda Bobis — Writer
- Anne Curtis — Actress
- Kate Ceberano — Singer
- Jeff Hewitt — Stand-Up Comedian.
- Miranda Kerr— model.
- Jal Joshua Lebumfacil — Australia's Got Talent runner up 2009
- Kathleen de Leon (also known as Kathleen de Leon Jones) — Hi-5 Member
- Natalie Mendoza (also known as Natalie Jackson Mendoza) — Actress (Hotel Babylon)
- Craig Wing — Australian Rugby League Player (South Sydney Rabbitohs) and Cleo Magazine's Annual Bachelor of the Year in 2000
- Bobby Morley — Actor from Home and Away TV series
- Rose Porteous— Socialite. Maid and then Wife of Iron Ore Tycoon Lang Hancock.
- Mick Pennisi — Basketball player
- Iya Villania — actress
- Johnny Mestizo — Blogger
[edit] References
- ^ "2006 Census Tables by Topic". http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/PopularAreas?ReadForm&prenavtabname=Popular%20Locations&type=popular&&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&textversion=false&collection=Census&period=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&productlabel=Ancestry%20by%20Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Parents&breadcrumb=POTL&topic=Ancestry&.
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- ^ "Statistics: Demographic Overview of the Blacktown LGA". City of Blacktown. 2006. http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/our-city/statistics/statistics_home.cfm. Retrieved on 2009-01-31.
- ^ "Migration: permanent additions to Australia's population". 4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2007. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 7 August 2007. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/928AF7A0CB6F969FCA25732C00207852?opendocument#CHARACTERISTICS%20OF%20MIGRANTS. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ a b c d "The Philippines-born Community". Publications: Statistics - Community Information Summaries. Department of Immigration and Citizenship. http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/philippines.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ "Family Formation: Cultural diversity in marriages". 4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2000. Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/c414ec2a595eb029ca2570ec000e2817!OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
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