Slovene Australians

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] Because many Slovenians came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire they identified themselves as Austrians.

Notable individuals

• Paula Gruden
• Tanya Plibersek
• Lyenko Urbanchich
• Aurelio Vidmar
• Tony Vidmar
• Mitchell Starc
• Milan Faletic
• Dana Faletic
• Damian Mori
• Ivan Rijavec
• Dayne Zorko
• Stan Rapotec

See also

• European Australians
• Europeans in Oceania
• Immigration to Australia
• Slovene Americans
• Slovene Argentines
• Slovene Canadians

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