Thinking of emigrating to Australia, but

[The Ripper]

I find it absolutely ridiculous that some Australians have the nerve to criticise Britain but there you go...

You seem to find lots of things ridiculous.

[Cedric]

You seem to find lots of things ridiculous.

I seem to be right about lots of things.

[The Ripper]

I seem to be right about lots of things.

I find that absolutely preposterous.

[Wyn]

I like this guy.

[Detfri]

^Eh? How can Australian be listed as an ancestry? Unless there are more Aboriginals lol It seems that the bureau of statistics have stuffed up with that one, along with people confusing their natiionality for ethnicity. I wonder how well they will redress this when we have the next one this year.

Indeed it seemed weird to me too, but maybe for "Australian" they mean people of mixed ancestry. But definitely Australia is a too young nation to have an own ethnicity.

This is from a more serious site:

The major European ethnicities are:

ANGLO CELTICS (English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh) 69,88% 13,262,000
GERMANS 3,53% 670,000
ITALIANS 3,40% 645, 000
GREEKS 1,82% 345,000

You were right Brynhild, even if with a slighy superiority, Germans outnumber Italians.


EUROPEANS

ANGLO CELTICS 69,88%
NORTH AND WEST EUROPEANS (FRENCH, BELGIANS, DUTCH, SWISSES, AUSTRIANS, GERMANS, DANES, NOWERGIANS, SWEDES AND FINNS) 6,88%
SOUTHERN EUROPEANS (ALBANIANS, ITALIANS, GREEKS, MALTESES, SPANIARDS, PORTUGUESES) 6,96%
EAST EUROPEANS (ROMANIANS, RUSSIANS, POLES, LATVIANS, ESTONIANS, LITHUANIANS, UKRAINIANS, BELARUSIANS, SERBS, CROATS, SLOVENJANS, BOSNIANS AND HERZ., HUNGARIANS, MONTENEGRIANS, MACEDONIANS, SERBS, SLOVAKS AND CZECH AND BULGARIANS) 4,36%


TOT: 88,8%

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[QUOTE=Brynhild;380793]I live in that part of the world which has most of the deadliest snakes and certainly the mostly deadly spider in the funnel web. I've got to say your above remark is way off beam. Don't give them an excuse to be provoked and they leave you alone. They're good at hiding from humans as they are shy creatures in general. I picked up an injured red belly blacksnake not so long ago, thinking it was dead. I wasn't bitten and it went on its merry way.I capture the huntsman and throw them back outside again, although they're useful for killing flies and other such bugs. I've not been bitten by anything, as a matter of fact. I've learned to respect the local environment in which I live. The one time a funnel web came into the house was when I left the front door open and I had nothing on me to capture it with. It was going to run off and I flattened it with my thong. There is no way that was going to be in the same house as me - alive!



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you are a very brave lady!

[Cedric]

80% of the population of New Zealand claim British ancestry. That's not counting all the other people of European ancestry.

There's a trend of favouring Northern European and American immigrants I've heard.

[Bridie]

80% of the population of New Zealand claim British ancestry. That's not counting all the other people of European ancestry.

There's a trend of favouring Northern European and American immigrants I've heard.

I don't where you heard that, but its mostly Asian and British immigrants there. I think 80% British ancestry is a bit high, considering all of the Maoris there.

[Cedric]

Apologies if it's wrong. I thought it was too good to be true.

[Albion]

80% of the population of New Zealand claim British ancestry. That's not counting all the other people of European ancestry.

There's a trend of favouring Northern European and American immigrants I've heard.

White Australia Policy and ten poundpassages ended decades ago unfortunately. I guess we just have to make do with going to Spain for our yearly dose of sun.