List of well-known people of German origin in Australia
The list of well-known Germans of origin in Australia contains people who play or have played a lasting role in the history of Australia .
These are personalities who immigrated or who worked in and for Australia in a special way.
First German in Australia
The first German speakers to set foot on Australian soil were the Prussian natural scientist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) and his son Georg Forster. They accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of discovery (1772–1775). Arthur Phillip was the first British governor of New South Wales . He had a father who was born in Hessen. During the time of the Australian convict colony, England deported 73 convicts of German descent to Australia. The first chief surveyor in the new colony of New South Wales was Augustus Alt (1731-1815), whose father was born in Hessen-Kassel. Phillip Schäffer, who came to Australia with the First Fleet , was a lieutenant in a Hessian regiment that fought on the side of the English in the American War of Independence . He was the superintendent of the convicts and when he settled as a settler he planted the first vines in Australia in 1792 . Joseph Seppelt (1813–1868), a Prussian, laid the foundation stone of the oldest Australian winery in 1851 .
subjects
Well - known personalities of German origin are listed below by subject area.
Artist
- Eric Bana (born 1968), actor
- Ludwig Becker (1808–1861), painter and naturalist
- Dieter Brummer (* 1976), actor
- Burkhard von Dallwitz (* 1959), composer of film music
- George Dreyfus (* 1928), composer
- Hans Heysen (1877–1968), painter
- Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter (daughter of Hans Heysen)
- Ron Mueck (* 1958), sculptor
- Elke Neidhardt (1941–2013), opera director
- Gert Sellheim (1901–1970), artist
Politician
- Eric Abetz (* 1958), politician
- Martin Basedow (1829–1902), Minister of Education, journalist, newspaper publisher.
- Timothy Fischer (* 1946), politician
- Andre Haermeyer (* 1956), politician
- Carl Mücke (1815–1898), education politician, author, newspaper publisher
- Bertha McNamara (* 1853–1931), political and social activist
- Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), first governor of New South Wales
- Chris Watson (1867–1941), politician and former Prime Minister
- Henry Winneke (1908–1985), Governor of Victoria
Missionaries and theologians
- Ernest Burgmann (1885–1967), Anglican bishop and social activist
- Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche , (1797–1863), missionary and co-founder of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia
- August Kavel (1798–1860), missionary
- Hermann Sasse (1895–1976), theologian
- Carl Strehlow (1871-1922), missionary
athlete
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- Katrin Borchert (* 1969), canoeist
- Carl Ditterich (* 1945), Australian football player
- Heinrich Haussler (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Andrew Lauterstein (* 1987), swimmer
- Carl Limberger (* 1964), tennis player
- Stewart Loewe (born 1968), Australian football player
- David Neitz , Australian football player
- Hubert Opperman (1904–1996), racing cyclist
- Manfred Schaefer (* 1943), footballer
- Les Scheinflug (* 1938), footballer
- Luke Schenscher (* 1982), basketball player
- Jessicah Schipper (* 1986), swimmer
- Nick Riewoldt (* 1982), Australian football player
- Mark Schwarzer (* 1972), footballer
- Wayne Schwass , Australian football player
- Emily Seebohm (* 1992), swimmer
- Nicholas Sprenger (* 1985), swimmer
- Shane Warne (born 1969), cricketer
- Christine Wolf (* 1980), athlete
- Judith Ungemach (* 1968), rower
- Matthias Ungemach (* 1968), rower
Scientist and explorer
- Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), anthropologist, geologist, politician, physician and explorer
- Ludwig Becker (1808–1861), painter and naturalist
- Ralph Elliott (1921–2012), linguist and rune expert
- Gerard Krefft (1830-1881), zoologist
- Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 – probably 1848), discoverer
- Johannes Quantity (1788-1852), mineralogist
- Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896), botanist
- Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909), geophysicist and polar researcher
- Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811-1891), botanist
- Ted Strehlow (1908–1978), anthropologist
- Charles Rasp (1846-1907), mineralogist
Others
- Augustus Alt (1734–1815), First Supreme Land Surveyor Surveyor General of New South Wales
- Erich Glowatzky (1909–1999), entrepreneur
- Bert Hinkler (1892–1933), aviation pioneer
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004), photographer
- Joseph Seppelt (1813–1868), founder of the Australian winery of the same name
- Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007), photographer
- Markus Zusak (* 1975), author
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 200 years of history of the German-speaking community in Australia . Part IS 8-9. Special Edition: The Week in Australia of January 1988. Europa Kurier Pty. Ltd. Bankstown. ISSN 0726-4860