Indonesian Migrants among Asian Diaspora in Australia

The notion of uniting Indonesian diaspora around the world has recently been declared in the Congress of Indonesian Diaspora held by Indonesian embassy in USA in 2012. It has been initiated in order to assist the national development. As a result, it is important to have sufficient knowledge about the global Indonesian diaspora. Nevertheless, there is still little known about it specifically in terms of its actual sizes and compositions, including in the context of Australia. This paper attempts to contribute to fill in this gap by analysing migration patterns and several specific demographic factors among Indonesian community in Australia as part of the largest integrated Asian community in this country. Hypotheses on selection, adaptation, disruption, and socialization effects are utilized in the analysis. The study will explore two different data sources, Australian census and Indonesian embassy registration data.