South African Australian

South African Australian

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 Africacite web| url = 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& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-06-03 Total count of persons: 19,855,288. ] . Also in the Census 79,513 residents claimed South African ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.cite web| url = 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& | title = 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia| format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-06-02 Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.] 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 [ [http://www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/06/06/1212259114357.html "The African migrants who fear a lower standard of living" Sydney Morning Herald] ] , 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 [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/EF8DA58E2C7A1E47CA2573D200110282?opendocument Year Book 2008] ] .

Sydney has the largest number of South African born residents (28,425), followed by Perth (18,828), Melbourne (17,318) and Brisbane (12,821).

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)

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