Serbian Australians are citizens of Australia who are of Serbian ancestry. According to the 2011 census, there are 69,544 people in Australia who are of Serbian ancestry. Serbs have migrated to Australia in various waves during the 20th century.
The top 3 cities with the largest Serbian-Australian populations in 2001 are:
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Perth
History [edit]
The number of permanent settlers arriving in Australia from Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro since 1991 (monthly).
Unique underground Serbian Orthodox Church in
Coober Pedy
Victoria [edit]
In the 1901 census, four men were registered as immigrants in Victoria from Serbia.
A wave of immigrants came during and after the World War II, fleeing the Axis and Ustasha occupation. Serbs were a large part of the immigrant community between 1948–55 and most of them opposed the communist regime then in place (Josip Broz Tito). In 1954 there were 6,118 Yugoslav immigrants in Victoria. Worsening economy in Yugoslavia in the 60s and 70s prompted another wave. Many of those who settled in Victoria had worked in Western Europe (i.e. Germany) prior to coming. The 1961-1971 numbers increase to 49,755 people. After the Yugoslav Wars that broke the federal state of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) succeeded as a federal union. Josip Broz Tito's regime of what was then Yugoslavia and the recent wave since 1980 by the breakup of Yugoslavia followed by the Bosnian Civil war of the 1990s. Large Serbian communities and ethnic neighborhoods can be found in major cities. In 1996 the Serbian and Montenegrin immigrants are counted separately and Serbs numbered 4,133 living in Victoria. The 2001 census recorded 19,643 people born in Serbia and Montenegro.[4]
Notable Serbian Australians [edit]
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