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DID YOU KNOW THAT:
- According to the 1986 census the Polish community in Australia had the second highest number of elderly persons of all ethnic groups.
- Almost 50,000 Poles came to Australia between 1947-1954, they were displaced persons after WWII
- 22,400 Poles came to Australia between 1981-1991 & 10,000 (approx) from those were refugees or came under the special humanitarian program.
- In 1986 there were 24,600 Polish-born persons in Victoria
- There were almost 80,000 Polish-born persons living in Australia
- The second generation Poles amount to almost 50,000
- Sunshine has the largest number of Poles from all the suburbs in Melbourne
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