Belgian 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.

• Wim Broeckx, Freelance Ballet Teacher, Coach and Artistic Advisor. Previous Principal Dancer and Assistent Artistic Director Dutch National Ballet 1982-1999, Diretocr Dance Department Royal Conservatoire The Hague (2000-2011), Artistic Director Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition (2008-2012), Head of Pre- Professional Program Queensland Ballet (2019-2020)
• 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
• William Baillieu, philanthropist, businessman and parliamentarian
• Mathias Cormann, Secretary General, OECD. Former Liberal Senator for Western Australia and Australian Minister for Finance between 2013 and 2020.
• Wouter De Backer (Gotye), ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter.
• Chantale Delrue, visual artist, member of Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women
• Nicolas Hyeronimus (1808–1860), pioneering innkeeper, merchant, pastoralist and politician in colonial New South Wales; 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
• Pierre Ryckmans, Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney
• Bradley Wiggins, born in Belgium to an Australian father

See also

• Australia–Belgium relations
• Belgians
• French Australians
• Dutch Australians
• German Australians
• European Australians

References

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.