An Asian Australian can be generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to Australia. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Asian people. ...

"Asian Australian", like other categorical definitions of ethnicity in Australia (Southern European-Australians, Indigenous Australians) cannot be defined simply as a similar group of people sharing a fixed cultural background. For example, Indian Australians, Filipino-Australians, and Chinese Australians are very different from each other in both culture and, often, physical sppearance. Like the term "Hispanic American", saying that a person is "Asian" is not specifically referring to a certain lifetyle or culture and could refer to a wide range of different Asian ethnic sub-groups. Unlike the term "Hispanic American", though, "Asian Australian" designates a geographical origin rather than a cultural or linguistic one. This article is about the continent. ... Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ... Australia recorded about 127,000 Filipinos and/or Filipino-Australians in 2000. ... Sydneys Chinatown A Chinese Australian is an Australian of Chinese heritage. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish: Hispano) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, her people and culture. ...

Additionally, although the term "Asian" in Australia is most popularly used as a term to group peoples with physical characteristics resembling East Asian people, Asians from the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia (including Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Insular Malaysia) and the Islamic Middle East are also included in the Asian Australian grouping for cultural studies and academic works, as well as for official government and census purposes. East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

Asian Australians were 7.96% of the Australian population in 2001.

Demographics

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Asian Australian history

Early history

Link: Centre for Asian Societies and Histories

See also

• Desi
• Asian Americans
• British Asian
• Asian
• List of famous Asian Australians