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(Germany) The informal name that people in Germany call former citizens of the German Democratic Republic before re-unification, while the counterpart for former citizens of West Germany is Wessi. It is said to imply a lack of sophistication, assets, or both. Ozzy : (UK, Commonwealth and US) an Australian.
Florida: Floridian Alligator, [19] Fly-Up-the-Creek [19] Spanish: Floridiano, floridiana: Georgia: Georgian Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber [20] Guam: Guamanian Chamorro: Tåotåo Guåhån Hawaii: Hawaii resident Islander, [21] Kamaʻāina. The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. [22 ...
Many Australian citizens live in the U.S during the 21st century, including an estimated 44,000 Australians living in the city of Los Angeles alone as of 2016. In 2023 Australian Americans had the highest Median Household Income out of any Ancestry group as well as a high Per Capita Income of $66,769.
British geographical terms not in common use in Australia include (Australian usage in bold): coppice (cleared bushland); dell (valley); fen (swamp); heath (shrubland); meadow (grassy plain); moor (swampland); spinney (shrubland); stream (creek); woods (bush) and village (even the smallest settlements in Australia are called towns or stations).
Indigenous Australians is an inclusive term used when referring to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders (the "first peoples"). Dispersing across the Australian continent over time, the population expanded and differentiated into hundreds of distinct groups, each with its own language and culture. [67]
American Australians are Australian citizens who are of American descent, including immigrants and residents who are descended from migrants from the United States of America and its territories. This includes people of European , African American , American Indian , Hispanic or Latin American , Asian , and Pacific Islander backgrounds.
The Stolen Generations were those children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were forcibly removed [174] from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions for the purpose of eradicating Aboriginal culture, under acts of their respective parliaments.
The term "Aboriginal" was coined by white settlers in Australia in the 1830s, after they began to adopt the term "Australian" to define themselves. No real attempt to define the term legally was made until the 1980s, despite use of the term twice in the 1901 Constitution of Australia, before these were removed following the 1967 referendum ...