Croatian Australians are Australian citizens of Croatian ancestry.

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has been a source of migrants to Australia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2021, 200,000 persons resident in Australia (0.6%) identified themselves as having Croatian ancestry.

History

Croats were first noticeable in Australia during the

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of the 1850s in the province of

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. At this time, Croats were coded as "Austrians" because most of

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was a part of the

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. By

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in 1901, there were many Croats—mainly from

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—in Australia, counted with

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and others as "Austro-Hungarians". The establishment of the

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from

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after the First World War — renamed as

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shortly afterwards —continued to make it difficult to separate out Croats from other ethnicities in Australia. Croats were not recorded separately until the 1996 Census. The Australian Department of Immigration believes many Croats holding old (and now long out of date) Yugoslav passports still record themselves as

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in Australian censuses, over a decade after the disintegration of

. There is also a community of

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who follow

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, the descendants of those who converted after the 16th century, after the conquest of much of

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and

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by the

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. They established their Croatian Islamic Centre in

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. with a

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. Croatian Seventh-Day Adventists meet in St. Albans and Springvale, while in

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they meet in

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. There are Croatian-speaking Catholic congregations throughout

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and

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. St Nikola Tavelic Church in Clifton Hill is an important religious centre for Croats in Melbourne. Nevertheless, it is known that Croats formed a large proportion of those Yugoslavs who settled in Australia the 1960s and 1970s under

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migration schemes. The Yugoslavia-born population reached 129,616 by the 1971 Census and 160,479 by the 1991 Census. The greatest number settled in Sydney and

, though Croats are well represented in every Australian city and region. During the 1960s and 1970s, many Croatians were constantly under

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surveillance for alleged terrorist activities organised by the Yugoslav secret service, several of whom were named in the media. Some of the longest running and most expensive court cases in Australian history involved Croatians charged with terrorism-related charges that were proven falsified, including the ' Croatian Six' who were convicted on tainted evidence. Federal Attorney-General Lionel Murphy created a media sensation when he led a raid on ASIO Headquarters looking for files on Croatian terrorist activities and not finding any at all, spurred on by claims of non-surveillance by ASIO and that ASIO focused too much of its time on student anti-war groups instead of terrorist groups, though there may have been no terrorist activities for ASIO to investigate. Croatian Embassy in Canberra

In November 1977, an unofficial Croatian embassy was opened in

, causing a legal and diplomatic difficulty for both the

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and Yugoslav governments. The embassy, aimed at raising awareness of Croatia as a nation and the Croatian people separate from Yugoslavia, remained open for 2 years closing in 1979. Its ambassador Mario Despoja is the father of former Democrats leader

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. Since the independence of Croatia in the 1990s, an official embassy has been opened in Canberra and consulates have been opened in

, Sydney and

Demographics

Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1066 Croatian Total Responses

At the 2006 Census 50,993 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as having been born in

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, representing about 0.25% of the Australian population. Total count of persons: 19,855,288. The Census also noted 118,046 persons identified themselves as having Croatian ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288. Croatian Australians are more likely to be resident in

than any other state. As at 2006, 35.7% of Croats live in Victoria (where only 25% of the total Australian population reside Estimated resident population, preliminary – 30 June 2006 in '000s were NSW 6 817.2 Vic 5 128.3 Qld 4 091.5 SA 1 568.2 WA 2 059.0 Tas 489.9 NT 210.7 ACT 334.2 Australia 20 701.5). A further 36.2% of Croatian Australians reside in

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(compared with 33% of the total Australian population). As the level of immigration from Croatia has dropped significantly from the 1980s (70% of Australian residents born in Croatia arrived before 1980 ), the Croatian-born population is ageing: 43% of the Croatian-born population was aged sixty years old or older at the time of the 2006 Census. As at the 2006 census 33,012 Croatian-born Australians (65%) speak Croatian at home; 17% of Croatian-born Australians speak English at home. Proficiency in English was self-described by census respondents as very well by 31%, well by 32%, 17% not well, 2.3% not at all (18% didn't state or said not applicable). In 2001, the

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was spoken at home by 69,900 persons in Australia. Of the Australian residents who were born in Croatia, 48,271 or 95% were Australian citizens at the time of the 2006 census. According to 2006 census data released by the

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, 94% of Croatian born Australians recorded their religion as Christian. 2001 census data released by the

in 2004, showed denominational affiliation by Croatian Australians was: 85.6%

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, 0.9%

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, 4.5% Other Christian, 1.4% claiming other Religions, and 7.6% claiming no religious affiliation. According to the 2016 Census, a fast majority (73.1%) of the Croatia-born population was Catholic, followed by Eastern Orthodox (9.6%) and other Christian denominations (5.1%). Around 7% of the Croatia-born population had no religion. Croatian Australians have an exceptionally low rate of return migration to Croatia. In December 2001, the Department of Foreign Affairs estimated that there were 1,000 Australian citizens resident in Croatia, mainly in Zagreb.

Croatian Australians and soccer

Croats in Australia and their Croatian Australian offspring are notable for their commitment to soccer, with numerous clubs established throughout the country, the most notable and successful being

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and Melbourne Croatia. These clubs nurtured the soccer talents of a large number of Croatian Australians, many of whom now play professionally overseas. Croatian Australians have played for both

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and

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. In the

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, there were seven Croatian Australians playing for Australia and three playing for Croatia. A total of 47 Croatian Australians have gone on to play for the Australian national soccer team, including 7 who captained the national team. The

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is the oldest running soccer competition in Australia.

Croatian Australian Socceroos

Croatian Australian Matildas

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Croatian Australians in Croatian national team

Anthony Šerić Anthony Šerić (; born 15 January 1979) is a Croatian Australian former footballer who played as a left-back. He was a part of the Croatia national team at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. Early life Šerić was born to a Croatian fa ...

Josip Šimunić Josip "Joe" Šimunić (; born 18 February 1978) is a Croatian retired footballer and current manager of the Croatia national under-19 team. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then mov ...

Joey Didulica Joseph Anthony Didulica (; born 14 October 1977) is a Croatian Australian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. On 11 October 2011 he ended his career after ongoing neck and head complaints. Club career Didulica was born in Geelong, Vict ...

List of notable Croatian Australians

Entertainment and the arts

* Steve Abbott - comedian, The Sandman, Russian/Croatian mother * Eric Bana – actor (Croatian father) * Charles Billich – artist *

Nathaniel Buzolic Nathaniel Buzolic ( ; born 4 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show '' The Mint'', and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera '' Out of the Blue'' (2008). He was also a co-host o ...

– actor * Branka Čubrilo – novelist – Croatian born, migrated to Australia 1992. *

Ante Dabro Ante Dabro (born 13 January 1938, Čavoglave, Croatia) is a Croatian-born Australian artist/sculptor and art teacher who has lived and worked in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory since the late 1960s. Dabro's sculptures are typified by ...

– sculptor * Natalie Franceska (nee Blažević) - children's author * Robert Jozinović – actor * Melita Jurisic - actress * Robert Luketić – film director * Tatjana Lukić – poetry editor and poet * Robyn Ravlich - poet *

Ivan Sen Ivan Sen (born 1972) is an Indigenous Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions. Early life Ivan Sen was bor ...

– film director - Croatian father, Aboriginal mother *

Marisa Siketa Marisa Julia Siketa (born 7 November 1990) is an Australian actress, disc jockey, animal ambassador, and traffic manager. She is best known for her roles as the first actress to play Melanie Atwood on '' The Saddle Club'' and as Summer Hoyland o ...

– actress *

Mark Strizic Mark Strizic (Croatian sp.: Strižić) was a 20th-century German-born Australian photographer, teacher of photography, and artist. Best known for his architectural and industrial photography, he was also a portraitist of significant Australian ...

- Photographer and painter. * Frances Vidakovic - author and blogger. *

Emma Viskic Emma Viskic is an Australian novelist and musician. Biography Viskic grew up near the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. Her father is from Dalmatia and her mother is Irish-Australian from Tasmania. Viskic won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Firs ...

- author - Croatian father, Irish Australian mother.

Music

Alison Wonderland Alexandra Margo Sholler (born 27 September 1986), known professionally as Alison Wonderland, is an Australian electronic dance music producer, DJ, and singer. Her debut album, ''Run'', was released on 20 March 2015, which peaked at No. 6 ...

– electronic dance music producer, DJ and singer. * Russell Baricevic - bass guitar -

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, Pray TV, The Gas Babies, Macho Clowns, Unclean Spirits * Peter "Blackie" Black – (Croatian mother) – musician, founding member of The

Hard-Ons The Hard-Ons are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1982 in Punchbowl, New South Wales. Its founding members were Keish de Silva on lead vocals and drums, Peter "Blackie" Black on guitar and backing vocals, and Ray Ahn on bass gui ...

. *

Philip Bračanin Philip Bračanin (born 26 May 1942) is an Australian composer and musicologist. Life Bračanin was born in Kalgoorlie, the son of Croatian immigrants. HIs early musical studies were with Miss Olive Ruane, and he graduated from the University ...

– composer and musicologist. * Josipa neževićDraisma - comedian, singer, actor, writer and theatre maker. * Mikelangelo (Michael Simic) aka The Balkan Elvis - singer (solo, Johnny Presley and the Zagreb Allstars, Mikelangelo and the Tin Star). Father is Croatian from Tučepi, Croatia. *

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– music entrepreneur *

Roddy Radalj Rodney John "Roddy" Radalj is a Croatian-born Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He has provided guitar, bass guitar and vocals in several influential Australian bands starting with Perth punk bands in the late 1970s before relocating to ...

– musician, founding member of the

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, the

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and Roddy Ray'Da & the Surfin' Caesars. * Rex Radonich (1950-1986) - Banjo player in Australian Bluegrass band Bullamakanka. Was regarded as the best at picker at the time. Grandson of Mate Radonic (born Podgora Croatia) of New Zealand. * Natalie D-Napoleon - (Croatian father and mother) - Australian singer-songwriter and poet. * Tony Slavich - keyboardist - Ariel, Sun, Mike Rudd and the Heaters, Mondo Rock, Goldrush, Ross Ryan band, Richard Clapton Band. * Adalita, born

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, solo performer and member of Magic Dirt. Her father is Croatian. * Boris Sujdovic – (Croatian mother) – musician, founding member of

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, the

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. *

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- (Croatian mother) - Australian conductor

Academia

David Andrich David Andrich is an Australian academic and assessment specialist. He has made substantial contributions to quantitative social science including seminal work on the Polytomous Rasch model for measurement, which is used in the social sciences ...

– academic * Luka Budak – author, Head of Croatian Studies, Macquarie University. * Val Colic-Peisker – associate professor, sociologist and author. * Vesna Drapac – Associate Professor of History at University of Adelaide, author ("Constructing Yugoslavia: A Transnational History" 2010). * Roman Krznaric – social philosopher, author (" The Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live" 2011, "How to Find Fulfilling Work (The School of Life)" 2013 , "How Should We Live?: Great Ideas from the Past for Everyday Life" 2015, "Empathy: Why It Matters, and How to Get It" 2015, "The First Beautiful Game: Stories of Obsession in Real Tennis" 2015, "Carpe Diem: Seizing the Day in a Distracted World" 2017) and founder of the Empathy Museum. * Ralph Pervan (1938–1980) – academic and author ("Tito and the students : the university and the university in self-managing Yugoslavia" 1978), namesake of the "Ralph Pervan scholarship", University Hall, Western Australia.

Science and medicine

* Tony Bacic - biologist * Brice Bosnich - chemist * Stjepan Marcelja - physicist * Boris Martinac - biophysicist * Ivan Marusic - physicist * Vlado Perkovic – physician * Zed Rengel - environmental scientist *

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– Inventor of the revolutionary Orbital Engine, and at one stage, in the 1970s, Australia's richest person. * Frances Separovic- biophysical chemist * Hrvoje Tkalčić - geophysicist

Business and work

Jim Bosnjak Jim Bosnjak is a Croatian-Australian businessman who rose to prominence as the chairman of Westbus, Australia's largest privately owned bus operator. Since selling his Westbus stake in 2005, Bosnjak has maintained a high profile as chairman of the ...

– former owner of Westbus, the biggest bus company in Australia *

Katarina Carroll Katarina Ruzh Carroll (nee Bošnjak) (born 17 November 1963) is an Australian police officer and the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service since July 2019. She is the first female commissioner of QPS. She was formerly the Commissioner o ...

(nee Bošnjak) – first female Police Commissioner, for the State of Queensland. Her parents are from

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. * Tony Cobanov, owner Windy creek Estate Wines (formerly Cobanov Wines), Swan Valley, Western Australia whose grandfather, Ante Cobanov, came to Australia in 1924 and commenced the winery in 1937. * Trojano Darveniza (1838-1937). Winemaker / Vintner. Born in Dalmatia. Founder and owner of Excelsior Vineyards in Victoria. * Kirk, Adam, and Tony Dundo, owners Katgully Winery, Swan Valley, Western Australia, whose grandfather came from Blato and Cara on the island of Korcula. * Juli Grbac, fashion designer who was the first winner of Project Runway Australia. *

Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952) is a noted Croatian Australian thoroughbred owner and Southern bluefin tuna farmer. Career Born in Lastovo, Croatia, Šantić grew up in Port Lincoln. He gained initial success in tuna fishing there, and his ...

– Millionaire tuna fisherman, horse breeder and owner of Makybe Diva * Tony and Ron Perich – brothers, property development, on Forbes Australia's 20 Richest people 2019. *

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– businessman and professional gambler. *

John Setka John Setka (born September 1964) is an Australian trade unionist and professional cyclist. He is the Victorian state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union. Biography John Setka was born to a Croatian labo ...

- Australian Trade Union leader

Media

Charmaine Dragun Charmaine Margaret Dragun (; 21 March 19782 November 2007) was an Australian broadcast journalist and presenter. She was a co-anchor on ''Ten Eyewitness News''. Dragun, who had been diagnosed with depression and had a history of anorexia, died ...

– journalist *

Laura Dundovic Laura Dundovic (born 16 September 1987 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Australia 2008 and represented Australia in the Miss Universe 2008 competition, in which she place ...

– Top 10 finalist of

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* Tom Dusevic – journalist, author ("Whole Wild World", 2016) *

friendlyjordies Jordan Shanks-Markovina (born 18 August 1989), known online as Friendlyjordies, is an Australian political commentator, journalist, stand-up comedian and YouTuber. His content often discusses contemporary Australian political issues, involving ...

- Jordan Shanks-Markovina; independent journalist, YouTuber, stand-up comedian and former model (Scottish father, Croatian mother) *

George Grljusich George Ned Grljusich (15 January 1939 – 6 November 2007) was an Australian sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer. Born in Wiluna, Western Australia, he played 12 games of football for the South Fremantle Foot ...

– sports journalist * Sarah Harris – journalist *

Andrew O'Keefe Andrew Patrick O'Keefe AM (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian former television presenter and lawyer. He is best known for being the host of the game shows ''Deal or No Deal'' and '' The Chase Australia''. He was also the co-host of '' Wee ...

– TV personality (Croatian mother) *

Amos Gill Amos William Gill (born 22 June 1991) is an Australian comedian and television and radio presenter. Gill was born in Adelaide. He attended Mercedes College in Adelaide and Aquinas College in Perth, graduating from the former. He later went on ...

– Comedian, Radio and TV Presenter *

Silvio Rivier Silvio Rivier is a presenter on Australian television channel SBS who hosted the Global Village (TV series) for its entire run from 1998 to 2015. Career Rivier began working at SBS in 1980 Mick Nanovich Michael Nanovich (18 June 1931 – 20 December 2005) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1974 to 1983, representing the seats of Toodyay and Whitford. Nanovich was ...

- politician (Liberal Party), Western Australia *

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– politician (Liberal Party), Western Australia * John Newman – Born John Naumenko, politician (Labor Party) NSW. *

Jaye Radisich Jaye Amber Radisich (29 March 1976 – 17 March 2012) was an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the electorate of Swan Hills. Radisich was the ...

– politician (Labor Party), Western Australia *

Ljiljanna Ravlich Ljiljanna Maria Ravlich (born Ljiljana Ravlić on 9 January 1958 in Split, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Western Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1997 to 2015. She was the ...

– politician (Labor Party), Western Australia *

Zed Seselja Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja (born 27 March 1977) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the ...

– politician, senator (Liberal Party), ACT *

– federal politician, senator (Australian Democrats) - South Australia * Zorana Balaban - lawyer (Websters lawyers), South Australia

Other

* Mate Alac - (Born Drašnice, Croatia 1908 - 1997)- Miner (in Western Australia) and author of memoir "Into The World" (1992). * Vincent Abbott – gold hunter, pioneer of the Murchison Goldfields and who had the town of Abbotts, Western Australia named after him. He was born Vincent Vranjican in the town of Starigrad, Island of Hvar, Dalmatia, Croatia. *

Matthew Beovich Matthew Beovich (1 April 1896 - 24 October 1981) was an Australian Roman Catholic clergyman, and the fifth Archbishop of Adelaide. Early life Matthew Beovich was born on 1 April 1896 in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Matthew was t ...

- Roman Catholic priest, Archbishop of Adelaide. *

Blaž Kraljević Blaž Nikola Kraljević (19 September 1947 – 9 August 1992) was a Bosnian Croat paramilitary leader who commanded the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) during the Bosnian War. An immigrant to Australia, Kraljević joined the Croatian Revolutionary ...

– Croatian and Bosnian general *

Ivan Milat Ivan Robert Marko Milat (27 December 1944 – 27 October 2019) was an Australian serial killer who was convicted in the backpacker murders in 1996. Commonly known as the Backpacker Murderer, Milat captured, assaulted, robbed and murdered two me ...

– notorious serial killer (Croatian father) *

Vincent Serventy Vincent Noel Serventy AM (6 January 1916 – 8 September 2007) was an Australian author, ornithologist and conservationist. Life and career Born in Armadale, Western Australia, the youngest of eight children of migrant Croatian parents, ...

– a noted Australian author, ornithologist and conservationist. * Tom Starcevich – World War 2 Victoria Cross recipient * Frank Vitkovic - perpetrator of the

Queen Street Massacre The Queen Street massacre was a mass shooting which occurred on 8 December 1987 at Australia Post offices on 191 Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. University dropout Frank Vitkovic entered the building on the pretext of visiting a friend, ...

, half-Croat through his father

Sport

Jason Akermanis Jason Dean Akermanis (born 24 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears ...

- His father, Denis Dezdjek, is Croatian. * Noah Balta - Australian rules footballer * Alex Banovich – rowing *

Adrian Barich Adrian Williams Barich (born 5 December 1963) is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles and Perth Demons and rugby league player. Early life Barich grew up in Canberra, ...

– Australian rules and rugby league footballer * Andrew Barisic – football (soccer) player,

Kingfisher East Bengal East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fli ...

Andrew Bogut Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian former basketball player who spent the majority of his professional career playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The tall center was selected by the Milwaukee Buck ...

– basketball player,

Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the ...

; formerly with several NBA teams * Tiana Boras - Track and field *

Mark Bosnich Mark John Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and sports pundit. He played in England for Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also played in ...

– former football (soccer) player,

, now soccer TV analyst *

Mark Bresciano Mark Bresciano ( ; ; born 11 February 1980) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Born in Melbourne, Bresciano played youth football for Bulleen Lions, before moving into the National Soccer League wit ...

– football (soccer) player, Al Nasr and

(Croatian mother) *

Ante Čović Ante Covic (born 13 June 1975) is an Australian former soccer goalkeeper. Covic is a member of the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and represented Australia on two occasions. Personal life Covic is of Croatian ...

– footballer (soccer) player, Elfsborg and

Jason Čulina Jason Culina (born 5 August 1980) is a former Australian soccer player and coach. Club career Culina began his career with Sydney United under his father, Branko Culina, before moving to Ajax, where he struggled in the reserves. Only after ...

- football (soccer) player,

Gold Coast United Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...

and

* Alan Didak – Australian rules footballer *

– former Croatian footballer * Bronko Djura - former rugby league footballer and cricketer * Jelena Dokic – tennis player (Croatian mother) * John Dorotich – Australian rules footballer *

Anthony Drmic Anthony Drmic (born 25 February 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Boise State Broncos and is their second a ...

– basketball player,

Adelaide 36ers The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers, are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). The 36ers are the only team in the league representing the state of South Australia and are based in th ...

Frank Drmic Frank Drmic (born 7 February 1978) is an Australian professional basketball player. Playing career Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Drmic held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship 1994–1995. His career began in the Australian National ...

– basketball player, last played for

South Dragons The South Dragons were an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). They made their debut in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09. The club was based at MSAC in Melbourne's in ...

Mate Dugandzic Mate Dugandzic ( hr, Mate Dugandžić; born 22 October 1989) is a retired Australian football player. He is known for being the first player to make a direct switch between both Melbourne clubs in the A-League when he moved from Melbourne Vict ...

– football (soccer) player,

Adelaide United FC Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to ...

Ray Gabelich Raymond Thomas Gabelich (3 July 1933 – 18 July 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John (1902–1988) and Elizabeth Nina "Bessie" Gabelich, n� ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Eugene Galekovic Eugen Josip Galekovic ( ; hr, Eugen Josip Galeković, ; born 12 June 1981) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeper coach for Adelaide United. Biography Club career Galekovic's j ...

– football (soccer) player and Socceroo *

Darren Gaspar Darren Gaspar ( ; born 20 May 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Sydney Swans career (1994–1995) Gaspar was drafted with the first pick in the 1993 National Draft by the Sydney ...

– Australian rules footballer *

John Gerovich John Gerovich (born John Mateo Gerecivich, 23 June 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Fremantle in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL - now WAFL) during the 1950s and 1960s. Playing career ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Antony Golec Antony Paul Golec (; born 29 May 1990) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Golec is now a real estate agent after his retirement from professional football. Club career Sydney FC Golec was a member of ...

– football (soccer) player,

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The ...

, formerly

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was f ...

Sydney United Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but ...

and

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

* Brent Grgić – Australian rules footballer *

Ivan Henjak Ivan Henjak (born 9 March 1963)http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=individual_player&player_id=157&team_id=1 Accessed on 23 December 2008. Quote: "Born Croatia 9th Mar 1963" is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and ...

– former Rugby league footballer and coach * Matt Henjak – Rugby union player,

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

and formerly

(nephew of Ivan) *

Allen Jakovich Allen John Jakovich () (born 21 March 1968) is a retired Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Glen Jakovich Glen Darren Jakovich (born 24 March 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jakovich was recruited from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League ...

– Australian rules footballer * Vedran Janjetović – football (soccer) player *

Mile Jedinak Michael John "Mile" Jedinak (; ; born 3 August 1984) is an Australian former professional footballer who served as the captain of the Australia national team. He is currently the Loan Player Development Coach at Aston Villa. Jedinak was born a ...

– footballer (soccer),

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park, ...

and

. * Wayne Johnston – Australian rules footballer * Tomi Jurić – footballer (soccer) and Socceroo *

Željko Kalac Zeljko Kalac (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian former soccer goalkeeper, who is currently the manager of NK Urania Baška Voda, who play in the Croatian third division. Nicknamed "Spider" due to his tall, gangly figure, standing at 2.02& ...

- former football (soccer) player,

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

and

, now soccer TV analyst *

Anthony Kalik Anthony Kalik (born 5 November 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hajduk Split. Born in Sydney, Kalik played youth football at Manly United FC and was then offered a 2 year scholarship at the Australian ...

– footballer *

Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He captained New South Wales and also, until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Katich also played for Lancashire, represen ...

– Australian Cricket representative *

Max Krilich Max Krilich (born 25 October 1950 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a hooker for the Australia national team, playing in thirteen Tests from 1978 to 1983 and a ...

– Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s *

Anthony Leban Anthony Leban, is an Australian professional footballer who recently plays as a midfielder for Melbourne Victory. He made his professional debut in a FFA Cup playoff match against Perth Glory on 24 November 2021. Leban scored a penalty in the 96t ...

- Australian footballer *

Dean Lukin Dinko "Dean" Lukin, OAM (born 26 May 1960) is a retired weightlifter from Australia. Lukin won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles. He carried the Australian flag during the closin ...

– Olympic weight lifting gold medallist *

Ivan Maric Ivan Maric ( hr, Ivan Marić, ; born 4 January 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was Richmond's vi ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including ...

– Tennis player * Nicola McDermott – Australian high jumper * Brody Mihocek - Australian rules footballer * Jack Mihocek - Australian rules footballer *

Ante Milicic Ante Milicic ( ; hr, Ante Miličić ; (born 4 April 1974) is an Australian soccer manager and former professional player. Personal life The son of Croatian immigrants, Milicic grew up in Strathfield, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney. Mili ...

– former football (soccer) player,

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

and

* Tomislav Mrčela – Australian footballer,

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the c ...

and

Len Pascoe Leonard Stephen Pascoe (born Leonard Stephen Durtanovich, 13 February 1950) is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer. Born at Bridgetown, Western Australia, Pascoe was educated at Punchbowl Boys' High School in New Sout ...

– Australian Cricket representative *

Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich (born 31 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player, Pavlich is widely regarded as one of the premi ...

– Australian rules footballer * Anthony Perosh – mixed martial arts fighter *

Val Perovic Vladimir "Val" Perovic ( hr, Perović; born 25 September 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Carlton in the VFL. Born in Croatia (at the time part of Yugoslavia), Perovic emigrated to Ballarat in Austral ...

– Australian rules footballer * Tony Popović – former football (soccer) player and current manager *

Jack Rocchi Jack Rocchi (21 December 1904 – 25 November 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Fremantle in the WAFL and Fitzroy in the VFL. Originally from the Goldfields, Rocchi started his career at South Fremantle and becam ...

– Australian rules footballer * Ivan Rukavina - boxing * Steven Salopek – Australian rules footballer * Tony Sekulić - former football (soccer) player *

– football (soccer) player,

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 197 ...

and

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capi ...

– former football (soccer) player, Hoffenheim and

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capi ...

Elvis Sinosic Elvis Sinosic (born 13 February 1971) is a retired Australian professional mixed martial artist and unsuccessful Political Candidate for United Australia in Blaxland. Sinosic is perhaps best known for his seven-fight stint in the Ultimate F ...

– mixed martial arts fighter *

Josip Skoko Josip Skoko (born 10 December 1975) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder for North Geelong Warriors, Hajduk Split, Genk, Gençlerbirliği, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City and Melbourne Heart. Skoko has ...

– former football (soccer) player,

and

Ivan Soldo Ivan Soldo (born 14 April 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the cousin of former Richmond ruck Ivan Maric. Soldo set the AFL record for ...

- Australian rules footballer *

Craig Starcevich Craig Starcevich (born 16 May 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. He is the only person in Australian rules football history to win both an AFL and an AFL Women’s premiership, having won the latter as coa ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Peter Sumich Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

– Australian rules footballer * Erik Surjan – decathlete *

Jacob Surjan Jacob Adam Surjan (born 15 August 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently serves as the senior coach at the North Adelaide F ...

– Australian rules footballer *

Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...

- tennis player * Bernard Tomić – tennis player * Steven Ugarković – football player *

Mark Viduka Mark Antony Viduka ( ; born 9 October 1975) is an Australian retired football player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australia national team to the Round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup which remains their best ever performance ...

– former football (soccer) player for numerous club teams and

* Dennis Yagmich – cricket * David Zdrilić – football (soccer) player, now soccer TV analyst *

Ned Zelić Nedjeljko Zelic (born 4 July 1971), commonly known as Ned Zelic, is an Australian former footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League, where he ...

– former football (soccer) player for numerous club teams and

, now soccer TV analyst

References

External links

* http://www.cronet.com.au/ – Australian Croatian community portal * (Croatians in Sydney) * https://www.taliwine.com.au/aboutus * https://katgully.com.au/about-us/ * https://www.windycreekestate.com.au/about-us.html * https://www.swanvalley.com.au/Business-Directory/John-Kosovich-Wines {{Croatian diaspora

European Australian Immigration to Australia

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Croatian Australians and soccer

Croatian Australian Socceroos

Croatian Australian Matildas

Croatian Australians in Croatian national team

List of notable Croatian Australians

Entertainment and the arts

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