Croatian emigrants in Australia or better said Australian Croats are the subject matter of researches of many scientists of different scientific specialities and spheres of interest. Whether be historians, geographers, sociologists, psychologists etc., the research field and subject are identical; however, the tasks within fields and the research subject are based on different hypotheses while the results are surveyed and interpreted from different aspects. A segment of the present contribution analyses the historical dimension of the Croatian emigrants in Australia, partly based on field research that was carried out in 2003 in Australia but is based mostly on an analysis of interviews conducted among the young generation of the Croatian emigrants living in the state of New South Wales. Based on former researches, a reconstruction of the historical context is presented and an analysis of emigration; based on existing experiences and standpoints of the young generation of Croatian emigrants, some conclusions can be formulated on the life and lifestyle of the Croatian emigration corpus in the Australian multicultural society.
