Slovene Australians

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Slovene Australians
Total population
21,341 (By ancestry, 2021)
5,076 (Slovenian-born in 2021)
Regions with significant populations
Primarily New South Wales
Languages
Australian English  · Slovene
Religion
Christianity (Catholic (4,114), Eastern Orthodox (92)) [1]
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.

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History

Central European people called Slovenians began migrating to Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. [2] 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. [3] The exact number who came after WW1 is impossible to determine because Slovenians were often classified as Austrians.

A lot of Slovenian Axis collaborators and their families migrated to Australia after World War II, fleeing persecution by the post-war socialist government of Josip Broz Tito. [3]

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. [4] Because many Slovenians came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire 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 (1,773 or 31.9%). [5]

Notable individuals

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slovenia-born Community Information Summary - Historical Background" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Origins: History of immigration from Slovenia - Immigration Museum, Melbourne Australia". 2008-04-01. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  3. 1 2 "SBS Radio - Slovenian". 2007-09-03. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Sticisce avstralskih Slovencev - Slovenian network in Australia". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  5. ↑ "Community Information Summary - Slovenia-born" (PDF). Australian Government: Department of Home Affairs. 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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