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{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Short description|Demographic group}}
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|group = Romanian Australian
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
|poptime = '''Romanian'''<br />'''14,051''' (by birth, 2011)<br />'''20,998''' (by ancestry, 2011)
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{{Infobox ethnic group
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|group = Romanian Australians
| population =Romanian: {{plainlist|
* 15,268 (by birth, 2021)
* 28,103 (by ancestry, 2021)
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|popplace = [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Queensland]]
|popplace = [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Queensland]]
|langs = [[Romanian language|Romanian]]{{·}}[[Australian English]]
|langs = [[Romanian language|Romanian]]{{·}}[[Australian English]]
|rels = [[Eastern Orthodox Church]],<br/> [[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]].
|rels = [[Eastern Orthodox Church]],<br />[[Roman Catholicism]], [[Protestantism]] and [[Judaism]].
|related = [[Romanian Americans]], [[Romanian Canadians]], [[Romanians in the United Kingdom|Romanian Britons]], [[Romanians in Germany|Romanian Germans]], [[Romanians in France|Romanian French people]], [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Other European peoples]]
|related =
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}}
{{Romanians}}
'''Romanian Australians''' may include those who have immigrated to [[Australia]] from [[Romania]], and those born in [[Australia]] from [[Romanians|Romanian]] ancestry. According to [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|ABS]] (2006 census) figures, there are 18,320 people with Romanian ancestry in Australia.<ref name=ABS2001>[http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Ancestry& Population by ancestry (Australia)], 2006 Australian census</ref>
'''Romanian Australians''' may include those who have immigrated to [[Australia]] from [[Romania]], and [[Australians|Australian]]-born citizens of [[Romanian people|Romanian]] descent. According to [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|ABS]] (2021 census) figures, there are 15,268 people in Australia who were born in Romania<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_AUS | title=2021 People in Australia who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats &#124; Australian Bureau of Statistics }}</ref> and 28,103 people with Romanian ancestry in Australia.<ref name=ABS2001>[https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_AUS Population by ancestry (Australia)], 2021 Australian census</ref>


[[Romanians]] were for the first time registered in Australia more than 80 years ago.<!--this means little - is there an actual date?--> They were people that came there for working, missionaries, or seeking a more prosperous economic status. But the first wave of Romanian emigrants to Australia came after [[World War II]], when Romania was experiencing severe economic and political problems. The Romanians who were then emigrating to Australia principally settled in areas around [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]] and [[Brisbane]]. The number of Romanians who came to Australia at the time is estimated to be around 2,000 people.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
[[Romanians]] were registered in Australia for the first time more than 80 years ago having emigrated for work seeking a more prosperous economic status, or as missionaries.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} But the first wave of Romanian emigrants to Australia came after [[World War II]], when Romania was experiencing severe economic and political problems. The Romanians who were then emigrating to Australia principally settled in areas around [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]] and [[Brisbane]]. The number of Romanians who came to Australia at the time is estimated to be around 2,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-17 |title= Department of Home Affairs Website|url=https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/research/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |access-date=2023-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417222156/https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/research/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2017 }}</ref>


<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[image:Romanian-australian.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Romanian-Australian Health & Welfare Commity]] -->
The second wave of Romanian emigration to the Australian continent began after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], when the Communist regime fell and citizens received the right to leave [[Romania]]. They came in large numbers for the same reasons as the first-wave immigrants.
The second wave of Romanian emigration to the Australian continent began after the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]], when the Communist regime fell and citizens received the right to leave [[Romania]]. They came in large numbers for the same reasons as the first-wave immigrants.


A diverse range of ethnic backgrounds can be found among the Romanian-born population in Australia, including Roma (Gypsies), Germans, Hungarians, Serbians, Russians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and Bulgarians.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&dq=romanian+australians+are+ethnic+greeks&pg=PA1918-IA319|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|first=James|last=Jupp|date=1 October 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80789-0 |accessdate=1 March 2024|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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==Demographics==


==History==
Today, the largest communities of Romanian-Australians can be found in the [[Sydney]] (4,145<ref>[http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=105&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=105&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Ancestry& Population by ancestry (Sydney)], 2006 Australian census</ref>), [[Melbourne]] (6,482<ref>[http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=205&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=205&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Ancestry& Population by ancestry (Melbourne)], 2006 Australian census</ref>) and [[Brisbane]] (1,912<ref>[http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=305&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=305&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Ancestry& Population by ancestry (Brisbane)], 2006 Australian census</ref>).
Vasile Teodorescu, born in Galați in 1853, was one of the early Romanian settlers in Australia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest.<ref name="auto"/>


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==Demographics==
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In the 2006 Census, among Romanian-born persons, the religious breakdown was as follows: 80.6% Christianity, 5.8% no religion or atheism, 4.4% Judaism, 3.0% other religions and 5.6% did not answer the question.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls]</ref>
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{{As of|2021}} the largest communities of Romanian-Australians could be found in [[Melbourne]] (5,221<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Melbourne who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_2GMEL |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>), [[Sydney]] (3,128<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Sydney who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_1GSYD |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>)and [[Brisbane]] (1,912<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Brisbane who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_3GBRI |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>).


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In the 2006 Census, among Romanian-born persons, the religious breakdown was as follows: 80.6% Christianity, 5.8% no religion or atheism, 4.4% Judaism, 3.0% other religions and 5.6% did not answer the question.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls 2006 census data] abs.gov.au</ref>
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==Notable Romanian Australians==


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==Notable Romanian Australians==
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*[[Victor Albert Bailey]], physicist (his mother was Romanian)
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*[[Greg Conescu]], Former Rugby League player
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*[[Daniela Costian]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] bronze medalist;
|image1 = Ted Theodore.jpg| caption1 = [[Ted Theodore]]
*[[Andrew Ilie]], tennis player
| image2 = Julian Savulescu 2009b.jpg| caption2 = [[Julian Savulescu]]
*[[Lucy Kiraly]], model and television presenter
| image3 = Daniel Ionita portrait by Etienne Reynaud.jpeg| caption3 = [[Daniel Ioniță (poet)|Daniel Ioniță]]
*[[Ted Theodore]], [[politician]]
| image4 = Lauren Mitchell 2012.jpg| caption4= [[Lauren Mitchell]]
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*[[Hagi Gligor]], footballer
| image5 = Cameroon-Australia 7(cropped).jpg| caption5 = [[Ajdin Hrustic]]
*[[Raimond Gaita]], philosopher and writer (his father was Romanian)
| image6 = Xonia.jpg| caption6 = [[Xonia]]
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*[[Julian Savulescu]], philosopher and bioethicist
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*[[Mirka Mora]], prominent artist (her mother was Romanian)
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* [[Victor Albert Bailey]], physicist (his mother was Romanian)
*[[Maria Zdroba SABAU]], Sydney's Romanian Society, Secretary and first Romanian broadcaster on 2EA (1960-1980). Also responsible for founding St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church, Enfield in Sydney.
* [[Traian V. Chirilă|Traian Chirilă]], chemist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Traian Chirila |url=https://qei.org.au/research/researchers/professor-traian-chirila/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Queensland Eye Institute |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*[[Aida Tomescu]], artist
*[[Xonia]], singer
* [[Carin Clonda]], squash player
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* [[Greg Conescu]], rugby league footballer
* [[Daniela Costian]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] bronze medalist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniela Costian |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/daniela-costian/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Ilie]], tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashback Friday: Shirt-ripping Andrew Ilie becomes Aussie cult hero |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2020/12/11/flashback-friday-shirt-ripping-andrew-ilie-becomes-aussie-cult-hero |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Tennis Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Ioniță (poet)|Daniel Ioniță]], poet<ref>{{Cite web |last=J.Burke |date=2021-12-24 |title=Daniel Ionita |url=https://flyingislandspocketpoets.com.au/daniel-ionita/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Flying Islands Pocket Poets |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Lucy Kiraly]], model and television presenter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucy Kiraly |url=https://www.female.com.au/lucy-kiraly-celebrity.htm |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.female.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ted Theodore]], 12th [[Treasurer of Australia]] (his father was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ted Theodore: the proto-Keynesian {{!}} Treasury.gov.au |url=https://treasury.gov.au/publication/economic-roundup-issue-1-2010/economic-roundup-issue-1-2010/ted-theodore-the-proto-keynesian |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=treasury.gov.au}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Fisher]], prelate, Archbishop of Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop's Biography |url=https://www.sydneycatholic.org/our-archbishop/archbishops-biography/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Hagi Gligor]], footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's in a name? The challenge to emulate a footballing legend |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whats-in-a-name-the-challenge-to-emulate-a-footballing-legend/cictcwdmm |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossi |first=Dominic |date=2014-02-28 |title=Hagi Gligor shows skills matter more than size |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/hagi-gligor-shows-skills-matter-more-than-size-20140228-33r50.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Raimond Gaita]], philosopher and writer (his father was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raimond Gaita, b. 1946 |url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/raimond-gaita-1946/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=National Portrait Gallery people}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversation with Raimond Gaita {{!}} DWL |url=https://desiwriterslounge.net/articles/papercuts-raimond-gaita/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=desiwriterslounge.net}}</ref>
* [[Daniela Nuțu-Gajić]], chess player
* [[Ajdin Hrustic]], footballer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossi |first=Dominic |date=2022-06-11 |title='He's gone to another level': How Hrustic went from forgotten man to Socceroos star |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/he-s-gone-to-another-level-how-hrustic-went-from-forgotten-man-to-socceroos-star-20220611-p5at03.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lance Picioane]], Australian rules footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-12 |title=Becoming Lance |url=https://www.aflplayers.com.au/news-feed/stories/becoming-lance |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=AFL Players' Association Limited |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Ion Popa (rower)|Ion Popa]], rower
* [[Rosemary Popa]], rower
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* [[Julian Savulescu]], philosopher and bioethicist
* [[Lauren Mitchell]], artistic gymnast
* [[Mirka Mora]], prominent artist (her mother was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-13 |title='Paint hope, joy and resilience': Holocaust survivor transformed trauma into iconic artworks |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-14/mirka-mora-holocaust-survivor-melbourne-artist-exhibition/13211696 |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Aida Tomescu]], artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aida Tomescu |url=https://www.flowersgallery.com/artists/1299-aida-tomescu/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Flowers Gallery |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Xonia]], singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moran |first=Michael |title=Romanian singer slammed for tasteless photo shoot at Holocaust memorial |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/romanian-singer-slammed-for-tasteless-photo-shoot-at-holocaust-memorial-sxqvg82b |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.thejc.com |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Edmond Lupancu]], footballer
* [[Lucian Boz]], writer


== See also==
== See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Romania}}
* [[Demographics of Australia]]
* [[European Australians]]
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*[[Immigration to Australia]]
*[[Demographics of Australia]]
* [[Europeans in Oceania]]
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* [[Immigration to Australia]]
* [[Australia–Romania relations]]
* [[Romanian diaspora]]


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:European Australian]]
[[Category:European diaspora in Australia|Romania]]
[[Category:Romanian diaspora]]
[[Category:Romanian diaspora|Australia]]
[[Category:Australian people of Romanian descent|*Main]]
[[Category:Australian people of Romanian descent|*]]
[[Category:Australia–Romania relations]]

Latest revision as of 22:38, 30 September 2024

Romanian Australians
Total population
Romanian:
  • 15,268 (by birth, 2021)
  • 28,103 (by ancestry, 2021)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
Languages
Romanian · Australian English
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Church,
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism.
Related ethnic groups
Romanian Americans, Romanian Canadians, Romanian Britons, Romanian Germans, Romanian French people, Other European peoples
Part of a series of articles on
Romanians
Native communities
Diaspora
Europe

North America

South America

Oceania

Culture
History
Language

Romanian Australians may include those who have immigrated to Australia from Romania, and Australian-born citizens of Romanian descent. According to ABS (2021 census) figures, there are 15,268 people in Australia who were born in Romania[1] and 28,103 people with Romanian ancestry in Australia.[2]

Romanians were registered in Australia for the first time more than 80 years ago having emigrated for work seeking a more prosperous economic status, or as missionaries.[citation needed] But the first wave of Romanian emigrants to Australia came after World War II, when Romania was experiencing severe economic and political problems. The Romanians who were then emigrating to Australia principally settled in areas around Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The number of Romanians who came to Australia at the time is estimated to be around 2,000 people.[3]

The second wave of Romanian emigration to the Australian continent began after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when the Communist regime fell and citizens received the right to leave Romania. They came in large numbers for the same reasons as the first-wave immigrants.

A diverse range of ethnic backgrounds can be found among the Romanian-born population in Australia, including Roma (Gypsies), Germans, Hungarians, Serbians, Russians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and Bulgarians.[4]

History

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Vasile Teodorescu, born in Galați in 1853, was one of the early Romanian settlers in Australia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest.[4]

Demographics

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As of 2021 the largest communities of Romanian-Australians could be found in Melbourne (5,221[5]), Sydney (3,128[6])and Brisbane (1,912[7]).

In the 2006 Census, among Romanian-born persons, the religious breakdown was as follows: 80.6% Christianity, 5.8% no religion or atheism, 4.4% Judaism, 3.0% other religions and 5.6% did not answer the question.[8]

Notable Romanian Australians

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
  2. ^ Population by ancestry (Australia), 2021 Australian census
  3. ^ "Department of Home Affairs Website" (PDF). 17 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b Jupp, James (1 October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "2021 People in Greater Melbourne who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ "2021 People in Greater Sydney who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ^ "2021 People in Greater Brisbane who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ^ 2006 census data abs.gov.au
  9. ^ "Professor Traian Chirila". Queensland Eye Institute. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Daniela Costian". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Flashback Friday: Shirt-ripping Andrew Ilie becomes Aussie cult hero". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ^ J.Burke (24 December 2021). "Daniel Ionita". Flying Islands Pocket Poets. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Lucy Kiraly". www.female.com.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Ted Theodore: the proto-Keynesian | Treasury.gov.au". treasury.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Archbishop's Biography". Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  16. ^ "What's in a name? The challenge to emulate a footballing legend". SBS News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  17. ^ Bossi, Dominic (28 February 2014). "Hagi Gligor shows skills matter more than size". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Raimond Gaita, b. 1946". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Conversation with Raimond Gaita | DWL". desiwriterslounge.net. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  20. ^ Bossi, Dominic (11 June 2022). "'He's gone to another level': How Hrustic went from forgotten man to Socceroos star". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Becoming Lance". AFL Players' Association Limited. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  22. ^ "'Paint hope, joy and resilience': Holocaust survivor transformed trauma into iconic artworks". ABC News. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Aida Tomescu". Flowers Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  24. ^ Moran, Michael. "Romanian singer slammed for tasteless photo shoot at Holocaust memorial". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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