Broome in Western Australia2. By 1901,

there were 609 Sri Lanka-born people living in Australia2. i • Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon when under British rule) gained independence in 1948. As a result of the political ascendancy of the Sinhalese, the dominant ethnic group, many members of minority groups, including Tamils and Burghers (people of Sri Lankan and European descent), felt threatened, resulting in increasing numbers migrating to other countries2,4. • As a result of migration restrictions to Australia during the 1960s, the majority of Sri-Lankan migrants to Australia were Burghers2. In 1973 when Asian migrants were again admitted to Australia, Sri Lankan migrants were mostly Sinhalese professionals5. • In 1983, civil war broke out between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils. The war continued for 26 years until 2009. Sri Lankan Tamils increasingly settled in Australia as refugees or skilled migrants. Sinhalese Sri Lankans continued to migrate to Australia, along with Sri Lankan Moors (also known as Muslim Sri Lankans)2,4,6. • Ethnicity: There are three main ethni