Ukrainian Australians

[3][4] Prior to World War I, up to 5,000 Ukrainians migrated to Australia,[2] with some settling in communities in Brisbane.

However, the main body of Ukrainians emigrated to Australia along with other nationalities in the post-World War II wave of refugees from Europe.

[2] The number of migrants from Soviet Ukraine was minimal, though there was a limited migration of Ukrainians from communities in Poland and Yugoslavia.

[2] In 1991, Ukraine gained independence, and over the next five years the Ukraine-born population increased for the first time in many decades, in Victoria from 2,937 in 1991 to 5,370 in 1996.

[6][4] At the time of the 2011 Census, there was an active Ukrainian community of about 38,000 people, most living in Melbourne and Sydney.

The Ukrainian Australian community in February 1964 commemorating 150 years from the birth of the poet Taras Shevchenko at Lidcombe Oval .
Ukrainian choir "Boyan" — director Vasyl Matiash (top row — centre), with the "Ukrainian Folk Ballet" — musical director and choreographer — Natalia Tyrawsky (top row — centre). Photo early 1970s, Sydney
St Andrews Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lidcombe , NSW .