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Old Mar 4th 2009, 9:28 am
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"A study has found WA is a little Britain, with more residents reporting British ancestry than Australian.

The survey found that the most common ancestries reported in WA were English at 30.9 per cent, Australian at 29.8 per cent and Irish at 6.6 per cent."

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ntentID=128123
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Originally Posted by renth
"A study has found WA is a little Britain, with more residents reporting British ancestry than Australian.

The survey found that the most common ancestries reported in WA were English at 30.9 per cent, Australian at 29.8 per cent and Irish at 6.6 per cent."

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ntentID=128123
That really wouldn't surprise me.
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In 2004, we only met 2 'true blue' Aussies in our 2 week holiday - they were the Drivers that took to our Hotel from the airport and back.
At a roadhouse between Perth and Albany, pretty much midway, the owner was from Cornwall, 30 miles from where my wife grew up... small world.
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Do you have Matt Lucas and David Walliams as neighbours?
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Default Re: WA a little Britain: study

Originally Posted by renth
"A study has found WA is a little Britain, with more residents reporting British ancestry than Australian.

The survey found that the most common ancestries reported in WA were English at 30.9 per cent, Australian at 29.8 per cent and Irish at 6.6 per cent."

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ntentID=128123
What, so 29.8% are aboriginal??????? I'd guess most "white" Aussies would have British/Irish ancestry, regardless how long ago their families got here.
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Not really, there are plenty of Greek, Italian, German and many other European migrants in Australia.
Darwin has plenty of people with Greek ancestry, many Asian people live here too, Australia does not have a purely British history.

Interesting piece of Trivia: up to 1000 'Diggers' in WW1 were originally from the Russian Empire...
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Interesting piece of Trivia: up to 1000 'Diggers' in WW1 were originally from the Russian Empire...
"Simpson" of "Simpson and his donkey" fame was a pommy.

"Twenty-two years old, English-born and a trade union activist, John Simpson Kirkpatrick was an unlikely figure to become a national hero. Having deserted from the merchant navy in 1910, he tramped around Australia and worked in a variety of jobs. He enlisted in the AIF, expecting this would give him the chance to get back to England; instead, Private Simpson found himself at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915, and was killed less than four weeks later."

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Default Re: WA a little Britain: study

Originally Posted by renth
"A study has found WA is a little Britain, with more residents reporting British ancestry than Australian.

The survey found that the most common ancestries reported in WA were English at 30.9 per cent, Australian at 29.8 per cent and Irish at 6.6 per cent."

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ntentID=128123
This is what living in WA does to people.....Yawn
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Why Perth?Whats the big attraction?Whats the percentage of other Oz cities?
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Its a bit too far to travel over there for the Aussies
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