Belgian Australians (Dutch: Belgische Australiërs) (French: Australiens Belges) are Australian citizens of Belgian ancestry or Belgian-born people who reside in Australia.
  | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,378[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantely New South Wales and Queensland | |
| Languages | |
| English · Walloon French · Dutch | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity and Atheism, followed by Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Australians · Dutch Australians |
Belgian Australians
editThis 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[2]
- William Baillieu, philanthropist, businessman and parliamentarian[3][4]
- Mathias Cormann, Secretary General, OECD. Former Liberal Senator for Western Australia [5] and Australian Minister for Finance between 2013 and 2020. [6]
- Wouter De Backer (Gotye), ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter.
- Chantale Delrue, visual artist, member of Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women[7][8]
- 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[9]
- Pierre Ryckmans, Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney
- Bradley Wiggins, born in Belgium to an Australian father
See also
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References
edit- ^ Community Information Summary - Belgium-born
- ^ 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. "William Lawrence (Willie) Baillieu (1859–1936)". 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. 25 March 2024.
- ^ "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
edit- 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
