Slovene Australians are

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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

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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

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. A lot of Slovenian Axis collaborators and their families migrated to Australia after

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, fleeing persecution by the post-war socialist government of

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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

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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

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(1,773 or 31.9%).

Notable individuals

* Paula Gruden - poet, translator and editor * Tanya Plibersek - politician * Lyenko Urbanchich - political activist *

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- former football player and football manager * Tony Vidmar - former football player and football manager * Mitchell Starc - cricket player * Milan Faletic - football player *

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- olympic athlete * Damian Mori - former football player and assistant coach * Ivan Rijavec - architect * Dayne Zorko - football player * Stan Rapotec - artist

References

External links

History of immigration from Slovenia

Slovenian community in Australia

Historical Archives of Slovenians in Australia

The Slovenian: An independent online magazine

Slovenian Australian Network
{{Ethnic groups in Australia European diaspora in Australia

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