Fijian Australians refers to

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Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

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Australia is home to the largest Fijian population in the world outside Fiji itself. According to the 2011 Australian census 48,141 Australians were born in Fiji. Total count of persons: 19,855,288 Many Fijian Australians have established names for themselves in professional Australian sport, particularly in

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Notable Fijian Australians

Fijian Australians of iTaukei ethnicity

Reagan Campbell-Gillard Reagan Campbell-Gillard (born 27 July 1993), also known by the nicknames of "Reggie" or "RCG", is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He has also represented both Fiji and Australia at i ...

Alipate Carlile Alipate Carlile (born 30 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Carlile was born in Lautoka to mother Asenaca of Batiki. He ...

Petero Civoniceva Petero Civoniceva ( (Thee-vo-nee-thee-vah); born 21 April 1976), is a Fijian-Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representa ...

Ellia Green Ellia Tiriseyani Green (born 20 February 1993) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. He was formerly a member of the Australia rugby sevens team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also played for ...

Jarryd Hayne Jarryd Lee Hayne (born 15 February 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who also briefly played American football and rugby union sevens. Hayne began his career in 2006 as a er for the Parramatta Eels, winning the NRL's Da ...

Scott Higginbotham Scott Higginbotham (born 5 September 1986) is a retired Australian rugby union player. Capped 32 times for Australia's national team, the Wallabies, Higginbotham's usual positions are blindside flanker and number eight. Higginbotham current ...

Apisai Koroisau Apisai Koroisau (born 7 November 1992) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. A triple NRL premiership winner with the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers, he previously p ...

Chris Kuridrani Kirisi Kuridrani (born 12 December 1991), formerly Kirisi Nasiganiyavi, is an Australian rugby union player of Fijian descent. He is currently signed to Japanese club Honda Heat and previously played for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His u ...

Tevita Kuridrani Tevita Kuridrani (born 31 March 1991) is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player. His usual position is outside-centre. He is currently with French club Biarritz and previously played for the Brumbies and Western Force in Super Rugby. Kur ...

Setanta Ó hAilpín Setanta Ó hAilpín (born 18 March 1983) is a Fijian-Irish sportsman. He played hurling at senior level for the Cork county team before becoming a professional Australian rules footballer. Ó hAilpín is of mixed Irish and Rotuman background ...

Nemani Nadolo Nemani Nadolo (formerly Ratu Nasiganiyavi; born 31 January 1988) is a Fijian-Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby, usually as a wing or centre, and the Fiji national team. Nadolo was t ...

Noa Nadruku Noa Nadruku (born 19 September 1967) is a Fijian former rugby footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After representing Fiji in rugby union, he switched to play rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders (92 games between 1993 and ...

Nic Naitanui Nicholas Mark Naitanui (; born 4 May 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was born in Sydney to Fijian parents, and his family moved to Perth, Western Austra ...

* Simone Nalatu *

Paulini Pauline Curuenavuli (born 15 October 1982), known professionally as Paulini, is a Fijian-Australian singer and songwriter. Born in Suva, Paulini moved to Sydney with her family at the age of four. She rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on the ...

Esava Ratugolea Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall i ...

David Rodan David Rodan (born 8 October 1983) is an Australian rules football goal umpire and a retired professional footballer who played for the Richmond Tigers, Port Adelaide Power and the Melbourne Demons. Of Tongan heritage, Rodan is the first Fij ...

* John Sutton * Manoa Thompson *

MC Trey MC Trey, also known as Trey (born Thelma Thomas in Lami, Fiji), is a Fijian Samoan Australian vocalist, and hip-hop activist. She was nominated as one of Sydney's Top 10 Creative Innovators in the field of music and is a member of ARIA I ...

Lote Tuqiri Lote Daulako Tuqiri (born 23 September 1979) is a former professional dual-code rugby footballer who primarily played as a winger across both codes. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby league. Tuqi ...

Samu Wara Samu Wara (born 24 January 1986) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is on the wing. Background Samu Wara was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Career Wara was born and raised in Leich ...

* Jason Bukuya *

Tariq Sims Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ...

Fijian Australians of Indian ethnicity

* Noor Dean * Nalini Krishan *

Julian Moti Julian Ronald Moti (2 June 1965 – 21 December 2020) QC CSI was the Attorney General of the Solomon Islands. He was born in Fiji and educated in Australia. Moti worked as an adjunct professor of law at Bond University on Australia's Gold Coas ...

Neil Prakash Neil Christopher Prakash (born 7 May 1991), known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi ( ar, أبو خالد الكمبودي), is a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Islamic State group, whose Australian citizenship was revoked in Dec ...

Sudesh Mishra Sudesh Mishra is a contemporary Fijian- Australian poet and academic. Career Sudesh Mishra was born in Fiji into an Indo-Fijian family. Coming to Australia to study he studied at The University of Wollongong and went on to complete a Ph.D. in ...

Paresh Narayan Professor Paresh Kumar Narayan (born 1977), is an academic of Fiji Indian origin, who was Australia's youngest Professor of Finance, and is now at Monash University. Early life and education The eldest of three brothers, the others being Nilesh ...

Jack Ram Jack Ram (born 14 January 1987) is a Tongan professional rugby union footballer. He plays for New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby (MLR). He represented the Tonga sevens team and Tonga national rugby teams between 2009 and 2015. Ear ...

K. C. Ramrakha Karam Chand Ramrakha (18 March 1933 – 17 April 2021) was a former Indians in Fiji, Fiji Indian lawyer, union leader and politician, who served in colonial Fiji's Legislative Council of Fiji, Legislative Council and independent Fiji's House of R ...

Jason Singh Jason Mahendra Singh (born 12 March 1974) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. From 1997 to 2006 he fronted the rock band Taxiride as their lead singer. In March 2009 he issued a duet single, "The World As You Know It", with Todd Watson ...

Lisa Singh Lisa Maria Singh (born 20 February 1972) is a former Australian politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 ...

Ben Volavola Ben Volavola (born 13 January 1991) is an Australian-born Fijian international rugby union footballer who plays for Racing 92. He has previously played for Super Rugby clubs such as the , , and most recently the . Volavola can play as either a ...

* Shammi Prasad

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