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A total of 4,825 people indicated that they were of partial or full South Sudanese ancestry. [2] The 2016 census recorded 7,699 South Sudan-born people in Australia, with 2,750 living in Victoria, 1,430 in Queensland and 1,201 in Western Australia. 10,755 people indicated that they had partial or full South Sudanese ancestry. [3]
Australia was one of the first countries to announce its support in resettling South Sudanese refugees. Thus, the South Sudanese community was the first-ever organized African community in Australia, and also the largest African diaspora in that country. [2] When South Sudan gained independence in 2011, Australia was one of the first countries ...
In the 2006 Census 17,848 residents in Australia reported having Sudanese ancestry. [7] [8] People of Sudanese descent now live in almost every capital city in Australia, particularly Melbourne (5,911), Sydney (5,335) and Perth (1,993) [2]
The number of South Sudanese outside South Sudan has sharply increased since the beginning of the struggle for independence from Sudan. Around half a million South Sudanese have left the country as refugees, either permanently or as temporary workforce, leading to the establishment of the South Sudanese diaspora population. [citation needed]
In 2016, the Liberal Party began to campaign against what it identified as "South Sudanese gangs" in Melbourne, following riots at the Moomba Music Festival in the city. This campaign was criticised by local community leaders, and the Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt said it was using "race to win votes and whip up hatred". [26]
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Australian models of South Sudanese descent (7 P) Pages in category "Australian people of South Sudanese descent" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
The first people who migrated to the US from South Sudan arrived in the mid-1980s as a result of the civil wars in Sudan, settling in places such as Chicago. [2]This migration continued in the 90s, when some South Sudanese were established in other places such as Maine (settling eventually in cities such as Portland and Lewiston), [3] Des Moines (Iowa), [4] and Omaha, Nebraska (where in 1998 ...