Slovak Australians

Slovak Australians are Australian citizens of full or partial Slovak ancestry or a person born in Slovakia who resides in Australia.[1] Approximately 12,000 residents in Australia report to have Slovak ancestry.[2]

Slovak Australians
Total population
c. 12,000
Regions with significant populations
Sydney and Melbourne
Languages
Australian English, Slovak
Religion
Roman Catholic, Protestant
Related ethnic groups
Slovaks · Czechs · Hungarians · Poles

Notable Slovak Australians
  • Jarmila Gajdošová (born 1987), tennis player
  • Renée Geyer (born 1953), singer
  • Nicholas Dzian (born 1985), philanthropist
gollark: If you count "everyone who died but could technically have been saved with more resources given to them", then... well, that is an unreasonable assignment of blame.
gollark: What do you mean "killed over a billion people"?
gollark: You could argue that some of the riches thing is due to stuff other than economic system.
gollark: I also don't think central planning works very well at allocating resources vaguely towards what people actually want.
gollark: Authoritarian systems tend to lead to a lot of inequality too, which you seem to dislike.

References
  1. "Slovak Republic country brief". dfat.gov.au. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. "SLOVAK ARRIVAL and SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA". slovakclubsa.org. Slovak Club of SA. Retrieved 6 January 2014.


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