Ethnic background of the 30 Australian Prime Ministers

[JamesBond007]

It's not boring to me. It shows how the Irish made their mark in Australia and achieved so much so early. It's interesting that Catholics were not held back in Australia like they were in the UK and US.

It's not like Australia was a melting pot in the early days so not sure what people are expecting. Things will change in the future as Australia now is quite diverse.

I mean US has now only had it's 2nd Catholic President. Boris was baptised a Catholic but is an Anglican so there has been no Catholic UK PM.

...and Australia is a dystopian Orwellian police state :

In the Name of ‘Public Safety’ Australia Descends Into a Nightmarish Orwellian Police State

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/08/...-police-state/

[Grace O'Malley]

...and Australia is a dystopian Orwellian police state :

In the Name of ‘Public Safety’ Australia Descends Into a Nightmarish Orwellian Police State

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/08/...-police-state/

I'm in the West so none of this is impacting here. The Premier here is Mark McGowan who is also of Irish descent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McGowan

[Smitty]

LOL I am not suggesting for one moment that Aussie PMs should be from everywhere from Mongolia to Burkina Faso! Still, it is astonishing how rarely they even have European ancestry from outside the British Isles.

I also don't understand why that's astonishing. And while you may not think their prime ministers should be from everywhere from Mongolia to Burkina Faso, you certainly wouldn't mind it if they were. And you would argue that they were just as Australian as anyone else.

I will add, I'm actually surprised at how much non-British (and even Jewish, which we haven't had) ancestry there is. I tend to think of Australia as uniformly British Islander.