Slovene Australians are
Australian
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citizens who are fully or partially of
Slovene descent or Slovenia-born people who reside in Australia.
History
Central European people called Slovenians began migrating to Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. Until the 1900s, there was only a small number of Slovenian immigrants to Australia. The largest number of Slovenians migrated to Australia after
World War
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s One and Two.
The exact number who came after WW1 is impossible to determine because Slovenians were often classified as
Austrians
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.
A lot of
Slovenian Axis collaborators and their families migrated to Australia after
World War II
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, fleeing persecution by the post-war
socialist government of
Josip Broz Tito
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.
Demographics
Numbers
In the 2001
Australian Census, 14,189 Australians declared that they were of Slovenian origin. In the 2006
Australian Census, 16,093 Australians declared that they were of Slovenian origin. Because many Slovenians came from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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they identified themselves as Austrians.
Distribution
According to the 2016
Australian Census, there were 5,557 Slovenian-born people living in the country. The majority of them lived in either
Victoria (2,172 or 39.1%) or
New South Wales
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(1,773 or 31.9%).
Notable individuals
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Paula Gruden - poet, translator and editor
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Tanya Plibersek - politician
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Lyenko Urbanchich - political activist
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Aurelio Vidmar
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He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach of the Australia U23 nati ...
- former football player and football manager
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Tony Vidmar - former football player and football manager
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Mitchell Starc - cricket player
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Milan Faletic - football player
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Dana Faletic
Dana Faletic (born 1 August 1977 in Hobart) is an Australian former champion, national representative, World Champion and dual-Olympian rower. Her international representative success was as a sculler, though she represented her state of Tasmani ...
- olympic athlete
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Damian Mori - former football player and assistant coach
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Ivan Rijavec - architect
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Dayne Zorko - football player
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Stan Rapotec - artist
See also
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European Australians
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Europeans in Oceania
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Immigration to Australia
The Australian continent was first settled when ancestors of Indigenous Australians arrived via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea over 50,000 years ago.
European colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of a B ...
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Slovene Americans
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Slovene Argentines
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Slovene Canadians
References
External links
History of immigration from SloveniaSlovenian community in AustraliaHistorical Archives of Slovenians in AustraliaThe Slovenian: An independent online magazineSlovenian Australian Network
{{Ethnic groups in Australia
European diaspora in Australia
Argentine
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