Multicultural Groups

Ethnic Australians

In the 1830s the earliest Australian Lutherans migrated from Europe - from what is now Germany, Poland and the northern Slovak countries. Australian Lutheranism in the twenty-first century reflects the multicultural nature of the Australian nation itself - with 22% of Australians being born in another country. Aussie Lutherans have their roots in every continent – from Argentina to China, from Sudan to Papua New Guinea, from Cambodia to Canada, and from Britain to South Africa.

In cities where there are concentrations of people with similar ethnic backgrounds, Lutheran services are held in those languages.

• Adelaide: Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian and Polish
• Brisbane: Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Latvian and Swedish
• Canberra: Estonian, Finnish and Latvian
• Hobart: Finnish
• Melbourne: Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian, and Swedish
• Perth: Chinese, Finnish
• Sydney: Chinese, Danish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Latvian and Finnish

Further information is available on this site for the Chinese Lutheran Churches and Finnish Ministry.

To find out more about a particular church, go to Find a Church.

Indigenous Australians

The LCA works with urban and remote indigenous communities in central Australia, far north Queensland and South Australia. Further information is available under the Aboriginal Ministry link.