“List of Sri Lankan Australians”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

This is a List of Sri Lankan Australians, people who are of Sri Lankan heritage living in Australia. "Sri Lankan Australians" refers to all ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, but they are mainly the Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and Burghers.

Businesspeople

Jitto Arulampalam - current Chairman of Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited and Euro Petroleum Limited; Australian Financial Review MIS Magazine recognized him as one of the "Top 25 Global Rising Stars" in 2006^[1]^[2]

Shanaka Fernando^[3] - founder of Melbourne not-for-profit restaurant group 'Lentil as Anything' (a joke on the rock group Mental As Anything); 2007 Australian Local Hero Award recipient

Shemara Wikramanayake^[4] - head of Macquarie Asset Management Macquarie Group

Musicians

Andrew De Silva - R&B and rock singer, winner of Australia's Got Talent 2012

Candy Devine - musician and actress

Cliff Foenander - leading musician with the Fabulous Echoes

Clarence Jey - Billboard Hot 100 record producer, musician

Kamahl - singer and actor (born in Malaysia)

Desmond Kelly - musician and actor

Alston Koch - musician^[8]^[9]^[10]

Keith Potger - musician, founding member of The Seekers

Guy Sebastian^[11] - first winner of Australian Idol

Amali Ward – Australian Idol contestant, singer^[12]

Politics

David de Kretser^[13] - Governor of Victoria

Palitha Kohona - former Permanent Secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Anton Muttukumaru^[14] - ex Army Commander of Ceylon and high Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Ambassador to Egypt

Shiva Pasupati - longest serving Attorney General of Sri Lanka (former); human rights activist

Jude Perera - State Member for Cranbourne District in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Sportspeople

Ashton Agar - cricket player

Saliya Ahangama - cricketer and coach

Hayden Crozier - AFL player

Jacynta Galabadaarachchi - Women footballer

Gamini Goonesena - cricketer

Asanka Gurusinha - cricketer

Chandika Hathurusingha - cricketer and coach

Suresh Joachim - Guinness world record holder

Kosala Kuruppuarachchi - cricketer

Gabriella Pound - Women's AFL player

Ravi Ratnayeke - cricketer

Athula Samarasekera - cricketer

Prashanth Sellathurai - professional gymnast who competed in New Delhi Commonwealth Games

Tania Van Heer - sprinter

Dav Whatmore - coach of the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket teams

Jamie Young - footballer

Others

Ernest MacIntyre - playwright

S. Shakthidharan - writer, director and producer of film and theatre

Nazeem Hussain - comedian, actor, television and radio presenter

Dilruk Jayasinha - comedian and actor ( Winner – Most Popular New Talent, Logie Awards 2018 )

Sarah Roberts - television and film actress

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.progen-pharma.com/company/board.aspx |title=Board of Directors |date= |publisher=Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited |accessdate=7 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216163043/http://www.progen-pharma.com/company/board.aspx |archivedate=16 December 2014 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web | url= https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/16316453-indrajit-solomon-arulampalam| title=Indrajit "Jitto" Arulampalam| date= | publisher= Bloomberg|accessdate=7 November 2014}}
3. ^2007 Australian of the Year awardees, accessed 26 January 2007
4. ^2016 , accessed 14 November 2017
5. ^http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafaricuisine/index/cp/22/section/businesses/n/Sri%20Lankan
6. ^http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/restaurants/features/4941/buy-the-book-serendip
7. ^http://www.masterchef.com.au/guest-chef-peter-kuruvita.htm
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20051106170050562 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815050215/http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20051106170050562 |archivedate=2010-08-15 |df= }}
9. ^http://sundaytimes.lk/090322/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_01.html
10. ^http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/18212
11. ^http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=/2003/12/22/msiansabroad/6951322&sec=mi_msiansabroad
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21084203-921,00.html |title=Tassie's A list |date=2007-01-19 |publisher=The Mercury |accessdate=2007-02-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321123447/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0%2C22884%2C21084203-921%2C00.html |archivedate=March 21, 2007 |df= }}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gardinerfoundation.com.au/press_releases/GOVERNOR%20-%20SHORT%20BIO_Oct07_.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-01-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013173204/http://gardinerfoundation.com.au/press_releases/GOVERNOR%20-%20SHORT%20BIO_Oct07_.pdf |archivedate=2009-10-13 |df= }}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/07/27/plus09.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605181225/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/07/27/plus09.asp |archivedate=2011-06-05 |df= }}

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Authors

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Media

Musicians

Politics

Religion

Sportspeople

Others

See also

References