Czech Australians
Czech Australians are Australian citizens of Czech ancestry. Most Czech (and ethnic Moravian) immigrants to Australia came after World War II and 1968–1969. Most recently the biggest influx is of students coming to Australia to study English and to find work. Many of them are deciding to stay by gaining permanent residency. There are around 23,000 people of Czech and of Moravian descent living in Australia, mostly in Melbourne and Sydney. In the 1960s and 1970s, one of the most successful Australian soccer clubs was Sydney FC Prague.
Total population | |
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7,437 (by birth, 2011) 22,772 (by ancestry, 2011)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Melbourne, Sydney | |
Languages | |
Australian English, Czech | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholic Increasingly irreligious | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Czech New Zealanders, Slovak Australians |
Notable Czech Australians
Name | Birth year | Occupation |
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Tony Sponar | 1920 | Founder of Thredbo ski resort |
Josef Stejskal | 1945 | Artist |
Stan Zemanek | 1947 | Radio Broadcaster |
Jana Wendt | 1956 | |
Hana Mandlíková | 1962 | Tennis player |
Charles Vesely | 1965 | Theologian and Uniting Church minister |
Lenka Kripac | 1978 | Musician |
Isaka Cernak | 1989 | Soccer player |
Voyen Koreis | 1943 | Writer, journalist, artist |
Victor Vodicka[2] | 1921 | Gold and silversmith, educator |
See also
References
- "The People of Australia – Statistics from the 2011 Census" (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- Vodicka, Peter (2019). Victor Václav Vodička - A Czech 'Runaway' Down Under. [Darling Point, N.S.W.] : Peter Vodicka.
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