Английская Википедия:Estonian Australians
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox ethnic group Estonian Australians (Шаблон:Lang-et) refers to Australian citizens of Estonian descent or Estonia-born persons who reside in Australia. According to the 2011 Census, there were 8,551 people of Estonian descent in Australia and 1,928 Estonia-born people residing in the country at the moment of the census, having a fall of 0.4 per cent compared to the 2006 Census. The largest Estonia-born community in Australia is in the state of New South Wales, with 731 people.[1]
From 1940 to 1944, more than 70,000 Estonians fled to the West due to the Soviet and German occupations. Many settled in Australia.[2] The first voyage under Arthur Calwell's Displaced Persons immigration program, that of the USS General Stuart Heintzelman in 1947,[3] was specially chosen to be all from Baltic nations, all single, many blond and blue-eyed, in order to appeal to the Australian public.[4] Of the 843 immigrants on the Heintzelman, 142 were Estonian.[5]
Notable people
- Anna Murdoch Mann, second wife of Rupert Murdoch
- Armin Öpik, geologist
- Arvi Parbo, chairman of BHP
- Peeter Pedaja, adventurer
- Vicki Viidikas, poet
- Dane Rampe, AFL player for the Sydney Swans
- Erik Paartalu, professional footballer
- Anna Torv, actress
See also
- Australia–Estonia relations
- Europeans in Oceania
- European Australians
- Immigration to Australia
- Estonian Canadians
- Estonian Americans
External links
References
Шаблон:Estonian diaspora Шаблон:Ancestry of Australians
Шаблон:Estonia-stub
Шаблон:Australia-stub
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- ↑ J. Franklin, Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia, Proc. of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 2009 Conference, 42-54.
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