General News
In the most recent census (2021), 11,598 Australians identified as having Estonian Ancestry. This is a 21% increase compared to the last census held 5 years ago in 2016 All states & territories increased their Estonian Australia Population, apart from NT which had a slight decrease of 6%. The biggest % increase cam from WA with 34%, and the biggest actual increase was in NSW with an additional 685 people (19%). State 2016 2021 % NSW 3,580 4,265 19% VIC […]
Thank you to all who supported our fundraising drive to digitise the oral history collection last year. That project is now complete and we are now investigating ways to make this more widely accessible. This year we are asking you to support our current project which is to collect, assess, describe and digitise the Estonian Festival / Eesti Päevad material. It is nearly 70 years since the first Eesti Päevad in Sydney. We have films, videos, photographs and sound recordings […]
Estonian Archives in Australia congratulates the Melbourne organising committee on a successful Estonian Festival, the XXVIII Eesti Päevad. We are continuing to acquire, assess, describe and digitise our Estonian Festivals collection. If you have any films, videos or photographs of the Festivals we would like to hear from you! Please contact us via email on archives@eesti.org.au.
The Honorary Archivist of the Estonian Archives in Australia (EAA), Maie Barrow is looking to retire this year, after 27 years in the position. We are seeking expressions of interest in this position. The Archive will shortly move to a purpose-designed archival facility within Estonian House. We would like to appoint a successor soon to faciliate a transition period and to meet the current team of volunteers. Desirable qualities include: be capable of speaking, reading and writing in Estonian; an […]
This month, the Estonian Archives in Australia officially turned 70. Established on the 5th of January, 1952, the Archive has served the Estonian community for 70 years by being the repository for the history of Estonian activity and achievement in Australia. It hosts visitors from all states of Australia and from overseas. The number of both local and overseas enquiries grows each year as descendants of the post war immigrants research their family histories. It hosts visitors from all states […]
