[2] Danish immigrants had a significant effect on the Australian dairy industry from the 1880s, in particular establishing and managing butter factories.
Most of them settled in the farming district of Bismarck, attracted by the cheap land and an abundance of clean water.
[4][5] A Lutheran church was finally opened in Hobart on 11 August 1871[6] and remains active today[7] but none was ever built in Bismarck.
Danish men married women of other ethnicities in Australia, which made it harder for the community to maintain its identity.
[11] The Danish Royal Life Guards have a chapter of their veterans association in Australia.