As families across the country celebrated the special role fathers play in their children's lives, new ABS data revealed that six per cent of Australian dads in two-parent families with children under the age of 15, were born overseas.
This figure has increased by 31 per cent from ten years ago, with 20 per cent of those fathers born in Southern Asia.
Less fathers are migrating from the United Kingdom - down seven per cent from 2006.
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And only eight per cent were born in East Asia and New Zealand.
"One thing I had to do was to try to preserve our culture," Nikolay Nikolaev told SBS News.
His family moved to Australia from Bulgaria in 2001 and he's raising his children to be proud Australians, with Bulgarian roots.
"We try to speak the language here, we think that's important.
"That's what makes us a bit different in Australia and it's a multicultural country and we think we bring value by being a little bit different."
And with no day dedicated to dads back home, he's loving the extra attention.
