The Migration Museum works towards the preservation, understanding and enjoyment of South Australia’s diverse cultures. It is a place to discover the many identities of the people of South Australia through the stories of individuals and communities.
In 1992 the Migration Museum published From Many Places. It has since undergone revision. The listings here have been compiled from ABS statistics, local community organisations and relevant historical sources. It is an evolving and ongoing project.
This article is part of the From Many Places project documenting the diverse cultural groups in South Australia. It is a project started by the Migration Museum in 1992 and continued in partnership today.
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Algerians in South Australia
African and Asian Algerians have immigrated to Australia since 1973.
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Americans in South Australia
The first Americans who arrived in South Australia were whalers and seal hunters.
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Argentinians in South Australia
Argentinian immigration to South Australia began in the 1970s, and may be attributed to the decline of Argentina’s economy and…
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Armenians in South Australia
The Armenian Cultural Association of South Australia was founded in 1960.
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Austrians in South Australia
The first Austrians to arrive in South Australia were two Jesuit priests, Fathers Aloysius Kranewitter and Maximilian Klinkowstroem on December 8,…
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Bangladeshis in South Australia
The first Bengali immigrants came to South Australia to escape the 1971 civil war between West and East Pakistan.
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Belarusians in South Australia
The first significant wave of Belarusians arrived in South Australia as Displaced Persons (DPs) when Belarus anti-communist fighters, members of…
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Belgians in South Australia
The first known Belgians arrived in South Australia after the Second World War as Displaced Persons (DPs) from refugee camps…
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Brazilians in South Australia
Brazilians began arriving in Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Bulgarians in South Australia
The first organised group of Bulgarian immigrants arrived in South Australia in November 1907.
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Cambodians in South Australia
Between 1975 and 1979 thousands of Cambodians fled to neighbouring Thailand to seek refuge from Pol Pot’s regime. These numbers…
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Canadians in South Australia
The first significant group of Canadians arrived in Australia after the 1837 rebellions in Canada and approximately 150 Canadians were…
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Chileans in South Australia
From 1853 until 1857 Chilean muleteers were employed by the English and Australian Copper Company to transport copper ore and…
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Chinese in South Australia
The first Chinese settler to arrive in South Australia is believed to be Tim Sang. Mr Sang arrived sometime between…
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Cornish in South Australian
Cornish immigration to South Australia has long been associated with mining, but early Cornish settlers arrived before the first discovery…
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Croatians in South Australia
A group of Croatians came to South Australia as a result of economic depression in the Medjumurje and Dalmacija regions…
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Cypriots in South Australia
In the period between 1916 and 1929 a significant group of Cypriots arrived in South Australia
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Czechs in South Australia
The first known Czechs to come to South Australia were Roman Catholic missionaries from both Bohemia and Moravia. The first significant…
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Danish in South Australia
It is thought that Danes were among the Scandinavians working in South Australian ports in the 1840s.
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Dutch in South Australia
Dutch migration to South Australia was limited before the Second World War. Approximately 120,000 Dutch nationals immigrated to Australia between 1947…
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English in South Australia
Since 1836 the majority of immigrants to South Australia have come from England.
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Estonians in South Australia
Estonian-born people were not shown separately in Australian census data until 1933
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Estonians in South Australia
Geographic Origins The Republic of Estonia lies on the Baltic Sea in north-eastern Europe. It is bordered by Latvia to…
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Fijians in South Australia
A Fijian presence in Australia has been evident since the late nineteenth century.
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Filipinos in South Australia
Small numbers of Filipinos began arriving in South Australia after the Second World War but during the 1970s the number…
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French in South Australia
The first French people came to Australia as convicts or as free settlers who had fled France in the wake…
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Germans in South Australia
Germans have been arriving in South Australia since the beginnings of the new colony in 1836
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Ghanaian in South Australia
African and Asian Ghanaians have immigrated to Australia since 1973, when the White Australia policy was abolished.
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Greeks in South Australia
Greek arrivals in South Australia increased in the years after the First World War
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Hungarians in South Australia
The first Hungarians arrived in South Australia after the failed 1848 revolution against the Hapsburg rulers of Austria
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