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South African Australians are citizens of Australia who are of South African descent. According to the 2006 Australian census 104,128 Australians were born in South Africa.〔 Total count of persons: 19,855,288.〕 Also in the Census 79,513 residents claimed South African ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.〔 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. The large majority of South African immigrants to Australia have been of British descent; only a very small percentage, around 2-3% have been of Afrikaans origin. More than half of the South African Australians arrived following the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994.〔(''The African migrants who fear a lower standard of living'' Sydney Morning Herald )〕 A behaviour stigmatised by white South Africans who remained in their homeland as "Packing for Perth". "Packing for Perth" (and the initials "PFP") was also a humorous dig and reference to supporters of the "Progressive Federal Party" - a political party formed in 1977 that drew support mainly from liberal English-speaking white people, typically, the very people that ended up immigrating. In 2007-08 4,000 South Africans permanently settled in Australia, a number that is slightly lower than previous years.〔(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 people== * Robin Bell (athlete) * Scherri-Lee Biggs (Miss Universe Australia 2011) * John Maxwell Coetzee (writer, 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate) * Bryce Courtenay (writer) * Damian Cupido (Australian rules football player) * Collette Dinnigan (fashion designer) * Anton Enus (SBS newsreader) * Dean Geyer (singer, and actor) * David Gonski (chair, Australian Stock Exchange) * Frances Hargreaves (actress) * Cariba Heine (actress) * Robert Holmes à Court (1937-1990) (businessman, Australia's richest person) * Jason Johannisen (Australian Rules football player) * Craig Johnston (soccer player) * Dena Kaplan (actress) * Gail Kelly (CEO, Westpac) * Marius Kloppers (CEO, BHP) * Kerr Neilson (fund manager) * James O'Connor (Rugby union player) * Clyde Rathbone (rugby player) * Selwyn (R&B singer) * Troye Sivan (actor and singer-songwriter) * Tammin Sursok (actress) * Daniel Vickerman (rugby player) * Margaret Wild (writer) * Jessica Marais (actress) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Australian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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