About 50000 members of the Ukrainian diaspora live in Australia.

First Ukrainian Community of Southern Australia was established in May 1949. Over the next few years, communities emerged in other states.

First union organization of Ukrainians in Australia was established on June 10th, 1950 during the first all-Australian conference of Ukrainians.

During the fourth conference, in 1953, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations (AFUO, https://afuo.org.au) was established, which has coordinated the activities of Ukrainian communities and organizations and represents Australian Ukrainians in their communications with the Ukrainian diaspora in other countries. The AFUO headquarters are located in Melbourne, the city with the largest Ukrainian population in Australia.

As of now, the AFUO consists of 22 organizations of Ukrainian expats, represented in each Australian state.

During 2022-2024 the AFUO has contributed around 15 million USD in humanitarian assistance in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

There are 7 Saturday and Sunday Ukrainian schools in Australia.

The Youth movement is represented by PLAST (scouting organization) and Ukrainian Youth Association.