South African Australian
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South African Australians are residents of Australia who are of South African ancestry.
According to the 2006 Australian census 104,128 Australians were born in South Africa[1]. Also in the Census 79,513 residents claimed South African ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[2]Immigration from South Africa to Australia, particularly by professionals, accelerated in the 1990s.
More than half of the South African Australians arrived following the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994[3], a behaviour stigmitised by white South Africans who remained in their homeland as "Packing for Perth". In 2007-08 4,000 South Africans permanently settled in Australia, a number that is slightly lower than previous years[4].
Sydney has the largest number of South African born residents (28,425), followed by Perth (18,828), Melbourne (17,318) and Brisbane (12,821).
[edit] Notable South African Australians=
- John Maxwell Coetzee (writer, 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate)
- Bryce Courtenay (writer)
- Damian Cupido (AFL player)
- Collette Dinnigan (fashion designer)
- Anton Enus (SBS newsreader)
- David Gonski (chair, Australian Stock Exchange)
- Frances Hargreaves (actress)
- Craig Johnston (soccer player)
- Kerr Neilson (fund manager)
- Gail Kelly (CEO, Westpac)
- Clyde Rathbone (rugby player)
- Tammin Sursok (actress)
- Selwyn (R&B singer)
- Daniel Vickerman (rugby player)
- Margaret Wild (writer)
- Marius Kloppers (CEO, BHP)
- Giam Swiegers (CEO, Deloitte Australia)
- Kyle Snyman (Cricketer)
[edit] References
- ^ "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace&. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ^ "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true&. Retrieved on 2008-06-02. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ^ The African migrants who fear a lower standard of living Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Year Book 2008
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