List of Sri Lankan Australians

This is a List of Sri Lankan Australians, people who are of Sri Lankan heritage living in Australia. Sri Lankan Australians refers to all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, but are mainly the Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and Burghers.

Contents 1 Academics 2 Artists 3 Authors 4 Business people 5 Chefs 6 Criminals 7 Media 8 Musicians 9 Politics 10 Religion 11 Sports People 12 Others 13 See also 14 References

Academics

• Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer - academic
• Sisira Jayasuriya - professor of Economics at La Trobe University
• Christopher Weeramantry - Emeritus Professor at Monash University
• Jananie Balendran - Medical Researcher and Academic at UNSW

Artists

• Edward Ginger - Sculptural artist^[1]

Authors

• Michelle de Kretser - author
• Dipti Saravanamuttu - poet and academic

Business people

• Maha Sinnathamby property developer and is the man behind Australia's largest real estate project. Frequently listed in BRW's annual list of the 200 richest Australians.
• Shanaka Fernando^[2] - founder of Melbourne not-for-profit restaurant group 'Lentil As Anything' (joke on rock group Mental as Anything). 2007 Australian Local Hero Award recipient.

Chefs

• Geoff Jansz - Nine Network TV chef
• Peter Kuruvita - Chef^[3][4][5]

Criminals

• Myuran Sukumaran - convicted ring leader of the Bali Nine

Media

• Vernon Abeysekera - Director of Radio Ceylon and civil servant
• Jamie Durie - Seven Network media personality
• Pria Viswalingam - SBS Journalist

Musicians

• Alston Koch - Australian musician^[6][7][8]
• Guy Sebastian^[9] - The first winner of Australian Idol
• Keith Potger - musician, founding member of The Seekers
• Cliff Foenander- leading musician with The Fabulous Echoes
• Kamahl - singer and actor (born Malaysia)
• Candy Devine - musician and actress
• Desmond Kelly - musician and actor
• Amali Ward – Australian Idol contestant/singer^[10]

Politics

• David de Kretser^[11] - Governor of Victoria
• Palitha Kohona - Former Permanent Secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Anton Muttukumaru^[12] - ex Army Commander of Ceylon and high Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt
• Siva Pasupathy - Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka^[13]
• Jude Perera - State Member for Cranbourne District in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Religion

• Ameer Ali - ex-President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
• Gangodawila Soma Thero - Chief incumbent of Buddhist Temple Victoria
• Roger Herft - Archbishop of Perth
• Danny Nalliah - Christian evangelist pastor

Sports People

• Asanka Gurusinha - cricketer
• Athula Samarasekera - cricketer
• Roshan Mahanama - cricketer
• Saliya Ahangama - cricketer and coach
• Chandika Hathurusingha - cricketer and coach
• Gamini Goonesena - cricketer
• Dav Whatmore - coach of the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket teams
• Ravi Ratnayeke - cricketer
• Suresh Joachim - Guinness World Record holder
• Prashanth Sellathurai - Australian professional gymnast who competed in New Delhi Commonwealth Games

Others

• Ernest MacIntyre - playwright

See also

• List of Sri Lankans

References