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Austrians

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Dunera

Abeles, Peter

Ferdinand, Franz

Flugelman, Bert

Gresse, Wolfgang

Haag, Stefan

Kisch, Egon

Krausmann, Rudi

Seidler, Harry

Von Hugel, Charles

Zimmer, Vojtech

von Scherzer, Karl

Architect Harry Seidler delivering lecture in Canberra 2004

Austrian migrant Leo Pockl demonstrating the use the Viennese weinheber at his Sydney Bistro, 1965

Stefan Haag 1963

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Austrians

Dunera

Ship that brought 2,000 internees, known as the 'Dunera Boys', who had sought to escape Nazi persecution, to Sydney in 1940.

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Abeles, Peter

Migrant who fled postwar Europe, founding and becoming managing director of a huge transport empire.

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Ferdinand, Franz

Archduke of Austria and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive of the Austro-Hungarian throne

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Flugelman, Bert

Visual artist and teacher who is best known for his stainless steel geometric sculpture.

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Gresse, Wolfgang

Austrian born artist.

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Haag, Stefan

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Singer, director and theatre administrator who built a varied career in music, theatre, television and teaching, advocating the development of an Australian artistic sensibility.

Kisch, Egon

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Czech journalist and communist who came to Australia in November 1934 as an anti-war and anti-fascism campaigner and spoke to large crowds at the Domain. Charged with being a 'prohibited immigrant', he was made to undertake the infamous 'dictation' test under the Immigration Restriction Act in Scottish Gaelic, which was not among the many languages he spoke, and he failed. His experiences here and eventual deportation in March 1935 lead to challenges to the Act.

Krausmann, Rudi

Austrian born poet who migrated to Australia in 1958

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Seidler, Harry

Austrian-born architect of iconic residential and commercial buildings considered to have been one of the leading exponents of Modernism in Australia.

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Von Hugel, Charles

Austrian noble, army officer, botanist, and explorer, celebrated for his botanical garden and the introduction of plants and flowers from Australia to Europe's public gardens.

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