Lithuanian Australians

Lithuanian Australians
*Australijos lietuviai*
Total population
	Lithuanian; 2,582 (by birth, 2021 census); 19,430 (by ancestry, 2021 census)
Regions with significant populations
	Lithuania-born people by state or territory
New South Wales	1022
Victoria	770
South Australia	272
Queensland	255
Western Australia	206
Australian Capital Territory	39
Tasmania	36
Northern Territory	10
Languages
	Australian English · Lithuanian
Religion
	Christianity, predominantly Catholic
Related ethnic groups
	Latvian Australians, Estonian Australians, Polish Australians, Belarusian Australians, Lithuanian Americans, Lithuanian Canadians

Lithuanian Australians refers to Australian residents of Lithuanian national background or descent. According to the 2021 Census, there were 19,430 people of Lithuanian descent in Australia and 2,582 Lithuania-born people residing in the country at the moment of the census.^[1] As of 2016^[update], the largest Lithuanian Australian community resides in the state of New South Wales, with 1022 Lithuania-born people, especially located in Sydney.^[2]

History

Only small numbers of Lithuanians arrived in Australia before 1947.^[3] Many Lithuanians and other Eastern Europeans fled the Red Army in 1944 and became Displaced Persons in refugee camps in Western Europe. From 1947 they were able to emigrate to countries such as Australia under the sponsorship of the International Refugee Organization. The first voyage under Arthur Calwell's Displaced Persons immigration program, that of the General Stuart Heintzelman in 1947,^[4] was specially chosen to be all from Baltic nations, all single, many blond and blue-eyed, in order to appeal to the Australian public.^[5] Of the 843 immigrants on the Heintzelman, 442 were Lithuanian.^[6]

Population

There were 16,290 people of Lithuanian descent in Australia and 2,609 Lithuania-born people residing in the country at the moment of the 2016 Census.^[2]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lithuania country brief" (PDF). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Census 2016, Ancestry by Birthplace of Parents (SA2+)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "Early Lithuanians in Australia". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "First of the Fifth Fleet". Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ J. Franklin, Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia, Proc. of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 2009 Conference, 42-54; L. Popenhagen, Australian Lithuanians, UNSW Press, 2012.
^ "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: USAT General Stuart Heintzelman". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Lithuania country brief" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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[c22-1] "Lithuania country brief" (PDF). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[Lithuanian_Australians-2] "Census 2016, Ancestry by Birthplace of Parents (SA2+)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[3] "Early Lithuanians in Australia". Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[4] "First of the Fifth Fleet". Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[5] J. Franklin, Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia, Proc. of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 2009 Conference, 42-54; L. Popenhagen, Australian Lithuanians, UNSW Press, 2012.

[6] "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: USAT General Stuart Heintzelman". Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[Lithuania_country_brief-7] "Lithuania country brief" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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