Anglo-Celtic

British  

noun

1. of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles

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Example Sentences

A two-stepping tour de force, Mr. Sonnier’s version of “Tear-Stained Letter” reimagined Mr. Thompson’s hurtling Anglo-Celtic original as a Cajun romp.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The audience included her Warlpiri mother; her father, a white Australian of Anglo-Celtic heritage; and her husband, a Scottish- born musician.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

A 2022 study found more than three quarters of the reporters or presenters on Australian TV were from an Anglo-Celtic cultural background.

From BBC • May 23, 2023

Anglo-Celtic soloists and Irish balladeers combined with African “call and response” choruses to create an entirely new music.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

Where The Beades had plundered music hall, centuries-old Anglo-Celtic folk and the sounds of the 1960s electronic avant- garde, Steve Reich derived his inspirations from African drumming and Balinese gamelan music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall