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Spanish Australian
Hispano Australiano

Total population
58,271[1]
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales  Queensland  South Australia  Victoria  Western Australia
Languages
Australian English, Spanish. Minority speaks Catalan, Galician, and Basque.
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Spanish, Castilians, Asturians, Cantabrians, Aragonese, Galicians, Catalans, Basques, Latin peoples.

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History of Spain

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Spanish Australians (Spanish: Hispanos Australianos) are Australians with ancestry from the European country of Spain. There are approximately 58,271 Australians of Spanish descent, most of which reside within the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, with lesser numbers in Brisbane and Perth. Of these, according to the 2006 Australian census, 12,276 were born in Spain.

Contents 1 Significant Regions 2 Famous Citizens 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Significant Regions

• Sydney (29,230)
• Melbourne (16,114)
• Brisbane (10,880)
• Perth (5,552)
• Adelaide (3,115)

[edit] Famous Citizens

Andrew Pintado

[edit] See also

• Latin Europe
• Notable Hispanics
• Spaniards
• Canarian people
• Spanish American
• Gibraltarian Australian

[edit] References

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v • d • e Ethnic groups in Australia  • Afghan  • African  • Albanian  • American  • Anglo-Celtic  • Arab  • Argentine  • Armenian  • Asian  • Assyrian  • Australian Aborigine/Torres Strait Islander  • Bangladeshi  • Bosnian  • Brazilian  • Bulgarian  • Caribbean  • Chilean  • Chinese  • Colombian  • Croatian  • Czech  • Danish  • Dutch  • English  • Ethiopian  • Egyptian  • European  • Filipino  • French  • German  • Gibraltarese  • Greek  • Hungarian  • Indian  • Indonesian  • Iranian  • Iraqi  • Irish  • Italian  • Jamaican  • Japanese  • Jewish  • Jordanian  • Korean  • Kosovan  • Laotian  • Latin American  • Lebanese  • Macedonian  • Malaysian  • Maltese  • Maori  • Manx  • Montenegrin  • New Zealander  • Pacific Islander  • Pakistani  • Peruvian  • Polish  • Portuguese  • Romanian  • Russian  • Salvadoran  • Samoan  • Scottish  • Serbian  • Slovenian  • South African  • Spanish  • Sri Lankan  • Sudanese  • Swedish  • Swiss  • Taiwanese  • Thai  • Trinidadian  • Turkish  • Ukrainian  • Uruguayan‎  • Vietnamese  • Welsh  • Zimbabwean (according to 2006 Australian census data: 20680 -Ancestry by Country of Birth of Parents)