Brazilian Australians

Although Brazilian migration in the eighteenth and nineteenth and centuries has not been documented, there is evidence of early Brazilian interest in Australia. However, concrete evidence of a Brazilian presence in Australia does not appear until the turn of the twentieth century, when census officials in 1901 counted 105 Brazilian-born in Australia.^[4]

Two waves of immigration

The first Brazilian migrants began arriving in Australia in the mid-1970s. They were attracted to Australia by an Australian government assistance scheme. The second wave of migration began in the late 1990s and continues today. It is widely attributed to growing socio-economic power within Brazil since the 1980s and Brazilians’ strong desire to learn English. Australia is becoming an appealing destination to learn English after the United States and England.

There has also been an influx of Brazilian students who have come to attend Australian universities. These students come independent of their families on study visas, and usually go home after completion of their studies.^[5] Brazilians have become the largest source of international student enrollments in Australia outside of Asia.^{[6] [verification needed]}

According to the 2021 Census conducted by the Australian Board of Statistics, there were approximately 51,000 people living in Australia who identified as being of Brazilian origin. This was a +200% growth from 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Brazil is a country home to various ethnic groups, but the largest ancestries reported in the 2021 census aside from the general 'Brazilian' response were Italian and Portuguese.^[2]

• Agenor Muniz
• Aseem Pereira
• Raphael Borges Rodrigues – footballer for Melbourne City FC
• Cássio – former footballer for Adelaide United
• Caroline Correa
• David Harvey
• Fernando de Moraes
• Glenn McMillan
• Gustavo Falciroli
• Henrique – former footballer for Brisbane Roar
• Heritier Lumumba – former Aussie Rules footballer for Collingwood FC
• Mineiro – former 24 time Brazil international
• Bernardo Oliveira – footballer for Adelaide United
• Wilson da Silva

• African Australians
• Australia–Brazil relations
• Brazilians in the United Kingdom
• European Australians
• Europeans in Oceania
• Hispanic and Latin American Australians
• Immigration to Australia
• Portuguese Australians

• Cristina Rocha - University of Western Sydney (2008). "Brazilians". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 4 October 2015. [CC-By-SA] (Brazilians in Sydney)