Belgian Australians Explained

Group:	Belgian Australians
Native Name Lang:	be
Flag:
Population:	6,378^[1]
Popplace:	Predominantely New South Wales and Queensland
Languages:	EnglishWalloon FrenchDutch
Religions:	Predominantly Christianity and Atheism, followed by Judaism
Related:	French AustraliansDutch 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^[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

• Belgians
• French Australians
• Dutch Australians
• German Australians
• European Australians

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.
• K.A.Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Boolarong Publications.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-belgium.PDF Community Information Summary - Belgium-born
2. Web site: Big challenges for Melbourne's small-l Liberal. Michael. Gordon. 3 December 2010. The Sydney Morning Herald.
3. K.A.Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Pages 56–57.
4. Book: Poynter, J. R.. Australian Dictionary of Biography. William Lawrence (Willie) Baillieu (1859–1936) . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
5. Web site: Your Politics – Find a Senate Member – Q&A – ABC TV. www.abc.net.au. 25 March 2024 .
6. News: Tony Abbott's cabinet and outer ministry. 16 September 2013. smh.com.au. 16 September 2013. AAP.
7. Web site: Chantale Delrue: Awarded for service to the arts. dpac.tas.gov.au. 16 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303215210/http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/cdd/women/leadership/tasmanian_honour_roll_of_women/inductees/chantale_delrue. 3 March 2011.
8. K.A. Lodewycks (1988), The Belgians in Australia, Pages 124–125.
9. K.A.Lodewycks (1982), The funding of wisdom: revelations of a library's quarter century, Melbourne, Spectrum.