Central European people called Slovenians began migrating to Australia in the mid-nineteenth century.
The largest number of Slovenians migrated to Australia after World Wars One and Two.
[3] 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.
According to the 2016 Australian Census, there were 5,557 Slovenian-born people living in the country.