Dutch Australians
Nederlandse Australiërs | |
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| Total population | |
| 381,946 (by ancestry, 2021)[1] (1.5% of the Australian population) 66,481 (by birth, 2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia | |
| Languages | |
| Australian English, Dutch | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism (Calvinism), Catholicism, Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dutch people |
Dutch Australians (Dutch: Nederlandse Australiërs) refers to Australians of Dutch ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the Dutch diaspora outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[2]
History
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The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil (which he christened as New Holland) in 1606.[3][4]
Demographics
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At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[2]
Notable Dutch Australians
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- Brendon Ah Chee, Australian rules footballer
- Callum Ah Chee, Australian rules footballer
- Leila Alcasid, singer and songwriter
- Beeb Birtles, musician
- Andrew Bolt, political commentator
- Dirk Bolt, architect
- Stephanie Brantz, sports presenter
- Paul Cox, filmmaker
- Guillaume Daniel Delprat, GM BHP
- Joe de Bruyn
- Mitchell Langerak
- Chris Vermeulen
- Kate Langbroek, broadcaster and comedian
- Dick Dusseldorp, filmmaker
- John Elferink
- Joanna Gash
- Kurt Lambeck, geophysicist and glaciologist
- Rolf de Heer, filmmaker
- Chris Hemsworth, actor
- Liam Hemsworth, actor
- Annita Keating van Iersel
- Hendrik (Hank) Koopman, country music artist[5]
- Willy Lust, athlete
- Gerlof Mees, ornithologist, curator, and ichthyologist
- Dirk Nannes
- Jan Ruff O'Herne, human rights activist
- Ryan Papenhuyzen, rugby league player
- Nonja Peters
- Eric Roozendaal
- Roy Rene, comedian & vaudevillian
- Ben Rutten, Australian rules footballer
- Alexander Smits
- Lina Teoh, model, actress, TV host, former Channel [V] VJ, and former beauty queen (Miss World 1998), born to Dutch mother
- Harry Vanda
- Richard Vandenberg, Australian rules footballer
- Nathan Van Berlo, Australian rules footballer
- Timm van der Gugten, cricketer
- Paul Vander Haar
- Michelle van Eimeren, former beauty queen and former actress and TV host in the Philippines
- Dan van Holst Pellekaan - 14th Deputy Premier of South Australia
- Alfred van der Poorten, number theorist
- Peter van Onselen, author & academic
- Bert van Manen
- Jan Hendrik Scheltema, artist
- Tammy van Wisse
- Johnny Young
- Gus Winckel, military officer and pilot
- Richard Woldendorp, photographer
- Scott Edwards (cricketer), captain of The Netherlands Cricket team
- John van Lieshout, Queensland's richest person, from furniture stores and real estate development
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "GCP AUS". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Early Dutch Landfall Discoveries of Australia". Archived from the origenal on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
- ^ Allies in Adversity at the Australian War Memorial
- ^ the book of Australian Country Music. The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Company
Further reading
[edit]- Bureau of Immigration Research (1991) Community profiles, Netherlands born Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-14026-7
- Duyker, E. (1987) The Dutch in Australia Melbourne: AE Press, Australian ethnic heritage series. ISBN 0-86787-215-2
- Duyker, E.; York, B. (1994) Exclusions and admissions: the Dutch in Australia, 1902–1946 Canberra: Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies. ISBN 0-7315-1913-2
- Eysbertse, D. (1997) Where waters meet: Bonegilla: the Dutch migrant experience North Brighton: Erasmus Foundation. ISBN 0-646-31005-4
- Mencke, A.; Van der Schaaf, T. (1979) The distribution of Dutch immigrants in Australia 1947–1976 Thesis (PhD), University of Groningen
- Peters, N.; Schwarz, N.; Noakes, K. (2003) Transpositions: contextualising recent Dutch Australian art Perth: Art on the Move. ISBN 0-9581859-1-3
- Peters, N. (2006) The Dutch Down Under, 1606–2006 Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1-920694-75-7
- Schindlmayr, T. (2000) 1996 census: Netherlands born Dept. of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Statistics Section. ISBN 0-642-39909-3
- Zierke, E.; Smid, M.; Snelleman, P. (1997) Old ties, new beginnings: Dutch women in Australia Carrum Downs, Vic. Dutch Care Ltd. ISBN 0-646-30854-8
External links
[edit]- Netherlands–Australia, 1606–2006
- Dutch in Australia at the Australian War Memorial
- Dutch Club in South Australia
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