Slovene Australians
Total population
21,341 (Slovene ancestry in 2021)
5,076 (Slovenian-born in 2021)
Regions with significant populations
Primarily New South Wales
Languages
Australian English · Slovene
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Slovene Americans, Slovene Canadians

Slovene Australians are Australian 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 Wars One and Two . The exact number who came after WW1 is impossible to determine because Slovenians were often classified as Austrians.

After WW2, many Slovenian refugees migrated to Australia to escape death and persecution at the hands of Dictator Tito's totalitarian Communist regime.

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.[1] Because many Slovenians came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire they identified themselves as Austrians.

Notable individuals

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sticisce avstralskih Slovencev - Slovenian network in Australia". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
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