Uruguayan Australians Explained

Group:	Uruguayan Australians
Popplace:	Uruguayan born by state or territory^[1]
Pop1:	6,516
Pop2:	1,615
Pop3:	669
Pop4:	171
Pop5:	129

Uruguayan Australians (Spanish; Castilian: uruguayos australiano) refers to Australians of Uruguayan ancestry or birth who reside in Australia.

According to the 2006 Australian census, 9,376 Australians were born in Uruguay^[2] while 6,485 claimed Uruguayan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.^[3]

History

The first migrants from Uruguay came to Australia in the 1960s with growing numbers in the 1970s due to military dictatorship.^[4]

Uruguayan Australians

• Alex Brosque, football (soccer) player
• Anthony Cáceres, football player for Sydney FC
• Nick Carle, football (soccer) player
• Bruno Fornaroli, football (soccer) player for Melbourne Victory FC
• Richard Garcia, football (soccer) coach and former player
• Telmo Languiller, politician
• Alex de Minaur, tennis player
• Richard Porta, football (soccer) player
• Blake Ricciuto, football player for Tanjong Pagar United FC
• Carmen Novoa, Author, writer, painter, and poet.

See also

• Argentine Australians
• Chilean Australians
• European Australians
• Europeans in Oceania
• Hispanic and Latin American Australians
• Immigration to Australia
• White Hispanics

External links

• The Uruguay-born Community

Notes and References

1. Web site: Community Information Summary: Uruguay-born. Community Relations Section of DIAC, Commonwealth of Australia. February 2014. 28 February 2017.

   2011 census

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2. Web site: 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex – Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20080310112154/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&. dead. 10 March 2008. XLS. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian census 2006. 2 June 2008.

   Total count of persons – 19,855,288.

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3. Web site: 20680- Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex – Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20080310121707/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&. dead. 10 March 2008. XLS. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian census 2006. 2 June 2008.

   Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons – 19,855,288.

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4. Web site: History of immigration from Uruguay. https://web.archive.org/web/20080730045456/http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=67. dead. 30 July 2008. Museum Victoria Australia. 2008. 3 January 2017.