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Welsh Australians (Welsh:Awstraliaid Cymreig) arecitizens ofAustralia whose ancestry originates inWales.

According to the 2006 Australian census 25,317 Australian residents were born inWales,^[2] while 113,242 (0.44%) claimed Welsh ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.^[3]

The nameJones, common in Wales, although the name first arrived from England in the middle ages, is one of the most common surnames in Australia, accounting for over 1% of Australians, which suggests a higher rate of Welsh ancestry than indicated by self-identification.^{[citation needed]}

A 1996 study gives the total ethnic strength of Welsh Australians as 243,400. This is made up by 44,100 of un-mixed origin and 683,700 of mixed origin.^[4] This would make the Welsh the fifth largestAnglo-Celtic group in Australia after theEnglish,Irish,Scottish andCornish.

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It is believed that the eastern coast of Australia reminded CaptainJames Cook of the coast ofSouth Wales (especially theVale of Glamorgan coast, which he knew), hence the name he gave to it, "New South Wales". The first European colony in Australia was in New South Wales, beginning with theFirst Fleet of 1788. Welsh people numbered amongst these first settlers, and continued to arrive in the new colony through the British policy ofpenal transportation that was implemented for many criminal acts.^{[citation needed]}

Mass emigration from Wales to Australia began in the nineteenth century withNew South Wales andVictoria being popular destinations. Nineteenth-century Welsh settlers were mostly farmers, followed later by gold diggers andcoal miners.^{[citation needed]}

Agold rush began in Australia in the early 1850s, and theEureka Stockade rebellion in 1854 was an early expression of nationalist sentiment. Amongst its leaders was the Welsh-bornChartistJohn Basson Humffray, one of a significant group of immigrants that came over from Wales at this time.^{[citation needed]}

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• Lloyd, Lewis. (1988)Australians from Wales Caernarfon: Gwynedd Archives.ISBN 0-901337-47-1

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• Welsh diaspora in Australia

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