Latvian Australians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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Latvian 3,758 (by birth, 2016 Census)[1] 20,509 (by ancestry, 2016 Census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sydney and Melbourne | |
| Languages | |
| Australian English, Latvian | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Orthodox | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lithuanian Australians · Latgalians · Kursenieki · Livonians · Latvians |
Latvian Australians are Australian citizens of Latvian descent, or persons born in Latvia who reside in Australia. At the 2016 Census, 20,509 residents in Australia reported to have Latvian ancestry.[2]
Few Latvians arrived in Australia before 1947.[3]
Between 1947 and 1952, 19,700 Latvian refugees arrived in Australia as displaced persons under the supervision of the International Refugee Organisation.[4] The first voyage under Arthur Calwell's Displaced Persons immigration program, that of the General Stuart Heintzelman in 1947,[5] was specially chosen to be all from Baltic nations, all single, many blond and blue-eyed, in order to appeal to the Australian public.[6] Of the 843 immigrants on the Heintzelman, 264 were Latvian.[7]
Notable Latvian Australians
- Peter Dombrovskis, photographer
- Peter Greste, journalist
- Konrāds Kalējs, alleged war criminal
- Ilsa Konrads, Olympic swimmer
- John Konrads, Olympic swimmer
- John Ozolins, philosopher
- Imants Tillers, painter
- Nadine Wulffius, ballet dancer
See also
External links
References
- 1 2 Australian Government Census 2016. "Latvian Australians".
- ↑ "Latvia country brief". dfat.gov.au. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ↑ "History of Immigration from Latvia". Museum Victoria. Retrieved 27 Feb 2017.
- ↑ "Origins: Immigrant Communities in Victoria: History of immigration from Latvia". Museum Victoria Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "First of the Fifth Fleet". Retrieved 22 Feb 2017.
- ↑ J. Franklin, Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia], Proc. of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 2009 Conference, 42-54.
- ↑ "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: USAT General Stuart Heintzelman". Retrieved 27 Feb 2017.
External links
- Robert Crawford - University of Technology, Sydney (2008). "Latvians". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 4 October 2015. [CC-By-SA] (Latvians in Sydney)
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