Tags: Ethnic Group.
A European Australian is a citizen or resident of Australia who has ancestral origins in any of the original peoples of Europe.Since the beginning of British settlement in 1788 people of European descent have formed the majority of the population in Australia. The majority of European Australians are of British – English Scottish Welsh Cornish or Irish (Anglo-Celtic) – ancestral origin. In 2010 it was estimated that around 74% of the Australian population were Anglo-Celtic Australians.
