Belgian Australians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10,022[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| English · French · Dutch | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Australians · Dutch Australians |
Belgian Australians (Dutch: Belgische Australiërs) (French: Australiens Belges) are Australian citizens of Belgian ancestry or Belgian-born people who reside in Australia.
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 Baillieu, philanthropist, businessman and parliamentarian[2][3]
- Wim Broeckx, (1961) dual Australian – Belgian nationality since 2018, currently Head of Pre Professional Program Queensland Ballet, previous Freelance Ballet teacher, Coach and Artistic Advisor, Artistic Director Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition, Assistant Director Dutch National Ballet, Director Dance Department Royal Conservatoire, Netherlands.
- 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
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Gordon, Michael (3 December 2010). "Big challenges for Melbourne's small-l Liberal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ K.A.Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Pages 56–57.
- ^ Poynter, J. R. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ "Your Politics – Find a Senate Member – Q&A – ABC TV". www.abc.net.au.
- ^ "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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