Peruvian Australian

Peruvian Australian
Peruano Australiano

Total population
6,427-47,000[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales Victoria
Languages
Australian English, Peruvian Spanish
Religion
Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism), Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Peruvian people, Peruvian Britons, Spanish Australians, Spanish Peruvians, British Peruvians, Japanese Peruvians, Chinese Peruvians, mestizo

Peruvian Australian (Spanish: Peruano Australiano) is an Australian with ancestry from Peru.

History

Peruvians settled Australia as refugees escaping the earthquake in the 1960s and the dictatorial government of Juan Velasco Alvarado in the 1970s. The second wave of Peruvians left during the Alan García regime that led Peru to extreme poverty and hyperinflation.^{[citation needed]}

Culture

The most popular dishes of Peruvian foods include ceviche (raw fish "cooked" in lime), papa a la huancaina, anticuchos y tamales. Peruvian cuisine is often recognized for being the most diverse and appreciated of the Latin American cuisines, and of the world, with influences that are European, Native American, and African. Since there is a sizable Chinese and Japanese minority in Peru, an Asian influence has also been deeply incorporated in Peruvian cuisine. Such as Chifas which has both Asian and Peruvian culinary influence.

Ethnic composition of Peruvian Australians

Most Peruvian Australians are mestizos and whites of mostly Spanish blood. Like Australia, Peruvians have also Chinese and Japanese ethnicities.^{[citation needed]}