Scottish Australians

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/scottish-australians

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Scottish Australians?Australia
2. What is the population with scottish ancestry?2,176,777 (2021 Census)
3. What is the population born in scotland?130,060 (2021 Census)
4. What does it mean to be a Scottish Australian?Scottish Australians are people in Australia who have Scottish ancestry, either fully or partly, or who were born in Scotland.
5. How many people in Australia say they have Scottish roots?In the 2021 census, about 2.18 million Australians said they had Scottish ancestry.

Diaspora: People who have spread out from their original homeland to live in other parts of the world.
Scottish Enlightenment: A period of intense intellectual and scientific activity in Scotland during the 18th century.
Intergenerational Cultural Transmission: The process of passing down cultural knowledge, traditions, and values from one generation to the next.