Ukrainian Flag Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe in terms of area and population. It has a population of 48 million. It is situated in south-eastern Europe to the north of the Black Sea. Ukraine's capital and largest city is Kyiv. (pronounced Key-iv). Ukrainian is a distinct language belonging to the Slavonic family of languages and uses its own version of the Cyrillic alphabet. UKRAINIANS IN AUSTRALIA World War II uprooted many millions of Ukrainians from their ancestral lands. Some 30,000 Ukrainians live in Australia. They brought with them what they treasured most: their Christian faith, their tradition and their thousand-year-old culture. Gradually over the years of their settlement here, the Ukrainians through their own hard work and dedication, built a network of churches, community centres and Saturday schools throughout Australia, and fund Ukrainian studies at Monash and Macquarie universities. The Ukrainian schools provide opportunities for students to learn the language, history, literature and culture of the Ukrainian people. The community centre provides a meeting place for various youth, women's and senior citizens' social activities, recreation, concerts and so forth. The dance ensemble regularly represent Ukrainians at many festivals and the choir performs a variety of songs at concerts. Last year Ukrainians celebrated the 50th anniversary of their settlement in Australia and this year marks the golden jubilee of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in this country. Ukrainians settled into the Australian community and now, along with the second and
third generations born in this country, they play their part in Australian cultural and
political life, while preserving and sharing their heritage and rejoicing in the fact that
Ukraine, after a lengthy period of persecution and foreign occupation is again a free
country.
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