Yes, there were internment camps all over Australia. I remember my father telling me about Violet Town in Victoria, but there were camps in every state.

My heritage and culture is Australia indigenous traditional owners my ancestors are dreamtime people

Wish mine was not bad I keen being calf a b all the time and crying all the time that not Fair on my

I too am a blend, but not as rich as yours. Long ancestry English, and a Heinz 57 varieties. Know there was an ancestry done but none of my descendants have been interested so why would I worry about my heritage anymore. I am happy as I am.

I have always been proud of my German heritage. It’s interesting finding out, though, just how badly the Germans were treated in Australia during WW 1 and 2, due to the high level of suspicion with which they were regarded, and how innocent people, including Lutheran pastors, were sent to internment camps, just for being German.

What an interesting woman you are ,Such a rich heritage .What conversations we could have .I am 90% Irish born in England & with a Welsh Grandmother but with a German man it amazes me how German & English is so entwined

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that's easy what you want to know about your heritage, is all there, on Find MY Family, its easy, fun and fulfilling. In as much as I knew most of my family tree, since I was young, because my grandmother was always on our back to learn, there has always been times when I wanted to find bits for myself, Thanks to Ancestry .com I have finally found more on the Irish side on Dad's (RIP), still not complete but I know enough now

First generation Australian with parents from Wales and New Zealand. Your semi typical Australian - a baby boomer. My mum and dad had it hard but my time was in some regards handed to me on a plate. Their parents left Europe for a better life and found it.

These days most people are likely to be a blend of something or other. Genetics has also shown quite a mixture for many people. I know that I have a lot of Viking background from both sides of my father's parents with a whole lot of other European background that I have yet to trace. It is interesting but our culture is really what we are today - of course this is influenced by the families we grew up in but also by the world as it is now. We can all be enriched if we learn something of how other people see the world so that we can live together amicably.

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I am danish, scottish, english and new zealand

European cocktail with a smidgen of Asian

No I don’t really care about it

It's hard for me to explain - my grandma my mothers mum was from england and came to Australia

I have Asian and European roots because of colonization I guess. We are passionate about food and very focused on family. I really hope that more of the younger generation would learn how to prepare traditional foods so that everyone can enjoy it.

Heritage is Scottish, Welsh, English and Maori. My dream its to one day visit Scotland to see where my nanna came from.

Cannot change history !!

Culture seems more important for migrants as a reminder of their roots. Less important for people born here

Although my ancestry is European (mostly Scottish) I was born in China and lived there for the first three and a half years of my life. So culturally I am very Chinese, but also very European. Although I've lost one of my primary languages (Mandarin) I think my thought patterns are still Mandarin-English.

I am Australian born of Polish parents, who emigrated to Australia in 1950. My father served in the American Army for a period and my mother worked in a Childrens' Home in Germany. I have my father's (army) papers, my great grandmother's marriage certificate (dated in the 1800s), various photographs and a lot of other valuable possessions - possession that, in her dementive state, my mother attempted to destroy.

We have a passion for discovering our heritage and it paid off we finally found our long list family in Ireland after 50 years of searching

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My ancestry is Scots, Irish, Welsh, English and a little bit of eastern European, Major portion is English but I strongly identify with my Scots Ancestry. My maternal GGG Grandmother immigrated to NZ as a young woman and named Fanny Morton Cameron, Clan Cameron and on Dads side its Anderson/McAndrew

I've never thought of it. Grew up thinking my Father left when I was born because I was female. Learnt n my late 40's he was sent away by the army. Finally met him and my extended family on my 50th Birthday.

I don’t have affinity to heritage as my parents were forcibly evicted from Poland when the Germans invaded Poland,in camps during the war in Germany lots of misery but glad to come to Australia after the war to start a new life & embrace the Australian way of life,that is my new heritage love it,the best country in world by far.

My GREATGRAND FATHER made Ned Kelly's ARMER WILLIAM CULPH AND CHARLES CULPH Denis P

I'm Australian as was my parents & grandparents, why do I have to bend over backwards to appease the indigenous people of this country that my family help build to today's standards I'm getting sick and tired of the racist remarks of the aboriginals, they get insulted with the word black but wear black shirts and clothing with their own flag on it and everywhere else.

Western Europeans have a rich and varied heritage but their culture is in a flux and that is why we have changing fashions and are more accepting of progress...good or bad...lol

All I know is that we are a very blended "Cocktail Mixture" and that is why we sometimes see things more clear and sometimes not so clearly. God must have been looking into a very cracked mirror when he created us. Of course there were nor mirrors yet at that stage of History so the only explanation I can concoct is that a bird flew over the river of reflection and dropped a twig and made it ripple causing us all to be different shapes, colours and sizes! Something has just dawned on me! Two words HIStory and HERitage could this be the beginning of the Adam and Eve historical heritage in the Garden of Eden? Sure would make for a very short in solving our "A Piece of Our Heritage".

ITS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM I HAVE ENGLISH NZ SHETLAND ISLANDS AND WELSH

Finding who you are is needed. My mother didn't want nothing to do with her heritages. Its sad. I see a lots parents do this maybe they don't want kids take away for nothings by law and why parents don't teachers them is sad. I see mix china teachers they half child china language as the husband or wife walk away 2 language before age 5 and all.if they mixs Or being teachers one side believe eg father or mother side. Its sad. When i find out my heritages(not say as peoples say not nice things so let aside). You find your soul. We needed to know boths side not one.

I only know my biological mothers side which is predominately Scottish.As for the rest,no idea I was adopted.

1st generation Australian but ancestry is all in Italy. So far none of my ancestors were born in any other country. I did an Ancestry DNA test and it tells me I'm 97% from Italy and 3% Greece and Albania. So I'm not very mixed.

Heritage give us many lessons for better future to live Culture is our treasure which develop Quality of our life

We are all blend. Who is a “purebred” in this world? I’m a mixture of at least 10, a DNA test would show it. My son had one - got 6 percentages and also some “unknown”. The culture of my birth country with its language is deeply rooted in me. One thing is for sure: I am a member of the human race.

my parents came from Germany just after the war they did not talk about it much because i was called a wog but born in Australia i wish they did speak more but both passed now I am 1st generation Australian

I found out that we had a lot of Cousin's around the world that we didn't know that we had.

I know little of my heritage (my ancestors were brought to the USA as slaves - slavery that was practiced in the USA was the most brutal form of slavery ever practice on this planet - furthermore, you can make a very convincing case that slavery still exist in the USA - now - it is called human trafficking's ( getting the cheapest labor you can get)! I grew up in the (DEEP) South - segregated public schools, color and white signs posted everywhere. no job opportunities (jobs with a retirement plan), lousy parents, etc. I became a runaway - at the end of the 8th grade (did graduate from night school with a high school diploma). My culture (USA) taught me how to broke the "spirit of the law" (which means - you will not go to prison) - however, if you break the ":letter of the law" (which means - you will go to prison). I learned that lesson - WELL - after thirty years on the job - I was able to retired with a comfortable civil service pension. The other added benefits (my society taught me - USA) were:

we don't hold onto heritage things in Australia we knock down old buildings to build new ones

I have a bit of everything and so they refer to me as a Russian Salad.

I consider myself just a plain Australian. None of this Australian Irish or whatever. The Americans seem to love the joint titles. After 5 generations of people living in this country I just consider myself of this nation. My ancestry is another thing. I do have different cultures etc. mainly Irish and Danish with a few others thrown in for good measure but I do not look at these as my culture. I have grown up in this country with the traditions etc. which are relevant here. I am not living my ancestors lives good or bad. It is nice to know where one came from but always remember where one is now. I have researched my family tree going back to the 1400's on both sides. Interesting to know how and where they lived, died, fought, married etc. but it is just that, interesting but not defining to me.

HERITAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT.