Austrian Australians

There are thousands of Austrian Australians, with many tracing their history to ancestors who arrived in the gold rush during the 1850s.

The 1920 Immigration Act prevented the arrival of more Austrians, and by 1933 just 286 Austria-born people were present in Victoria alone.

[2] In World War II, and following the Nazi take-over of Austria, a sizeable number of Austrian Jews fled to Australia.

The number of Austrians living in the state of Victoria peaked in the 1960s at 8,615, then declined in the decades to come.

[citation needed] In terms of religion, most are Roman Catholic, followed by Irreligion.