Belgian Australians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10,022 | |
| Languages | |
| English · French · Dutch · German | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Australians · Dutch Australians |
Belgian Australians are Australian citizens of Belgian ancestry or Belgian-born people who reside in Australia.
Notable Belgian Australians
This is a list of notable Belgian Australians and their descendants.
- Ted Baillieu, Liberal Party of Australia Premier of Victoria (2010-2013) and Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Hawthorn since 1999[1]
- William Lawrence Baillieu, philanthropist, businessman and parliamentarian[2][3]
- Mathias Cormann, Liberal Senator for Western Australia since 2007[4] and Australian Minister for Finance since 2013[5]
- Wouter De Backer (Gotye), ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter.
- Chantale Delrue, visual artist, member of Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women[6][7]
- Nicolas Hyeronimus (1808-1860), pioneering innkeeper, merchant, pastoralist and politician in colonial New South Wales, Australia; member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as inaugural member for the electoral district of Wellington
- Karel Axel Lodewycks, author and Chief Librarian of the Melbourne University Library[8]
- Pierre Ryckmans, Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney
- Bradley Wiggins, born in Belgium to an Australian father
- Michael Lakhdar
- Waleed Ali
- Dave Moorkens (Belgian waffle-ologoist)
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/national/big-challenges-for-melbournes-smalll-liberal-20101203-18jui.html
- ↑ K.A.Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Pages 56-57.
- ↑ http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070145b.htm
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/senators/cormann.htm
- ↑ "Tony Abbott's cabinet and outer ministry". smh.com.au. AAP. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ "Chantale Delrue: Awarded for service to the arts". dpac.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ K.A. Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Pages 124-125.
- ↑ K.A.Lodewycks (1982), The funding of wisdom: revelations of a library's quarter century, Melbourne, Spectrum. ISBN 0-86786-006-5
Further reading
- K.A.Lodewycks (1988), "Belgians", in James Jupp(ed.) (1988), The Australian People. An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins, North Ryde, NSW, Angus and Robertson, Pages 284-285. ISBN 0-207-15427-9
- K.A.Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Boolarong Publications. ISBN 0-86439-057-2
- K.A.Lodewycks (2001), "Belgians", in James Jupp (ed.) (2001), The Australian People. An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins, Revised edition, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, Pages 185-186. ISBN 0-521-80789-1
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