The English in Australia
including Cornish & Manx
In Australia's 2006 Census 6,283,642 Australian residents declared their ancestry as English. A further 1,854 claimed Manx ancestry. (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
English, Cornish & Manx social & cultural organisations in Australia
Most of these organisations define themselves as quintessentially English, Cornish or Manx. Others are appreciation societies, e.g. of English authors etc.
As with our other pages, some organisations listed here might appear twice, due to variations of the name. Some groups also appear in more than one list due to their cross-cultural nature (e.g. Celtic).
- Australian Fabians
- Australian Federation of Cornish Associations
- Australian Institute of Celtic Studies
- Newcastle, New South Wales (and has distance learning) - Australian Monarchist League, The
- Australian Morris Ring
- Home of the Australian Morris Dance Community - British Pensions in Australia Inc.
- Cambridge Society of Australia (Victoria)
- DH Lawrence Society of Australia
- English Old Time Dancing
- Jane Austen Society of Australia Inc., The
- (Samuel) Johnson Society of Australia, The
- International branches with HQ in Melbourne, Victoria - Kipling Society of Australia, The
- Manx Society of New South Wales
- Morris dancing in Australia
- Pike and Musket Society, The
- Queensland Manx Society Inc.
- Royal Geographical Society of South Australia
- Royal Marines Association - Australia & New Zealand
- New South Wales, Victoria, Gold Coast (Queensland) and Auckland in New Zealand - Royal Marines Association of Queensland
- located in Brisbane (does not include the Gold Coast) - Royal Marines Association Western Australia
- Royal Society of St George - Australia
- Sherlock Holmes Society of South Australia
- also known as The Unscrupulous Rascals - Sherlock Holmes Society of Western Australia (Inc), The
- Sydney Passengers, The
- Quakers Australia (Religious Society of Friends in Australia)
English, Cornish & Manx events & festivals in Australia
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