List of Asian Australians

This article is a list of notable Asian Australians.

Academia

• Vanessa Woods (born 1977), Australian scientist, author
• Victor Chang (1936–1991), Chinese-born Australian cardiac surgeon

Activists

• Yang Hengjun (born 1965), Chinese-Australian writer and businessman
• Danny Lim (activist) (born 1944), Malaysian-born Australian activist
• Mariam Mohammed, Pakistani-Australian gender equity activist

Arts/architecture/design

• Van Thanh Rudd (born 1973), Australian artist and politician

Business and industry

• Janusz Hooker (born 1969), Australian businessman
• Leslie Joseph Hooker (1903–1976), Australian businessman
• Marita Cheng (born 1989), Australian entrepreneur
• Taj Pabari, British-born Australian entrepreneur

Culinary

• Diana Chan (born 1988), Malaysian-born Australian cook and television personality
• Elizabeth Chong (born 1931), Chinese-born Australian chef and entertainer
• Kylie Kwong (born 1969), Australian chef, author and restaurateur
• Melissa Leong (born 1982), Australian freelance food writer, food critic and television personality
• Adam Liaw (born 1978), Malaysian-born Australian cook, television presenter and author
• Hetty Lui McKinnon, Australian Chinese cookbook author
• Luke Nguyen (born 1978), Vietnamese–Australian chef, restaurateur and television presenter
• Khanh Ong (born 1993), Australian cook, television personality, author and restaurateur
• Poh Ling Yeow (born 1973), Malaysian-born Australian cook and entertainer

Entertainment

Actors and filmmakers

• Anh Do (born 1977), Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, and comedian
• Anne Curtis (born 1985), Australian-born Filipino entertainer
• Anthony Brandon Wong (born 1965), Australian actor
• Bob Morley (born 1984), Australian actor
• Charlotte Nicdao (born 1991), Australian actress
• Chris Pang (born 1984), Australian actor and producer
• Dichen Lachman (born 1982), Nepalese-born Australian actress and model
• Gareth Yuen, Australian actor
• Gemma Pranita (born 1985), Thai-born Australian actress
• Geraldine Viswanathan (born 1995), Australian actress
• James Wan (born 1977), Malaysian-born Australian filmmaker
• Jasmine Curtis-Smith (born 1994), Australian-born Filipino actress
• Jason Keng-Kwin Chan (born 1971), Malaysian-born Australian actor
• John Harlan Kim (born 1993), Australian Korean actor
• Jordan Rodrigues (born 1992), Australian actor
• Maria Tran (born 1985), Vietnamese-Australian actress, martial artist, and director
• Natalie Tran (born 1986), Australian entertainer
• Pallavi Sharda (born 1988), Australian actress
• Remy Hii (born c. 1986), Malaysian-Australian actor
• Shioli Kutsuna (born 1992), Australian Japanese actress
• Stephanie Jacobsen (born 1980), Hong Kong-born Australian actress
• Matthew Victor Pastor (born 1989), Australian film director
• Vico Thai (born 1981), Australian actor
• Yerin Ha (born 1995), Australian actress

Music

• Belle Chen (born 1988), Australian-Taiwanese pianist, composer, and producer
• Christian Li (born 2007), Australian violinist
• Dami Im (born 1988), Australian singer and songwriter
• Faith Yang (born 1974), Taiwanese Australian musician
• Guy Sebastian (born 1981), Malaysian-born Australian singer
• Jeff Fatt (born 1953), Chinese Australian musician and actor
• Mahalia Barnes (born 1982), Australian singer
• Jessica Mauboy (born 1989), Australian singer
• John Williams (guitarist) (born 1941), Australian classical guitarist
• Kate Ceberano (born 1966), Australian singer and actress
• Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra, Taiwanese-Australian musician and composer
• Hanni (singer) (born 2004), Vietnamese-Australian singer, member of girl group NewJeans

Fashion

• Jenny Kee (born 1947), Australian fashion designer
• Jessica Gomes (born 1985), Australian model
• Nadya Hutagalung (born 1974), Indonesian-Australian model, actress, and presenter
• Samantha Downie (born 1987), Australian model
• Zinnia Kumar, Australian model

Law

• David Flint (born 1938), Australian legal academic

Literature

• Adam Aitken (born 1960), Australian poet
• Jessica Au, Australian editor and bookseller
• Anh Do (born 1977), Vietnamese-born Australian author
• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), Filipina-Australian writer and academic
• Alison Broinowski (born 1941), Australian academic and journalist
• Brian Castro (born 1950), Australian novelist and essayist
• Shankari Chandran (born c. 1975), British-Australian novelist
• Melanie Cheng, Australian author and doctor
• Hoa Pham, Australian author
• Michelle de Kretser (born 1957), Sri Lanka-born Australian novelist
• Benjamin Law (writer) (born c. 1982), Australian author, screenwriter and journalist
• Michelle Law, Australian writer
• Simone Lazaroo, Singaporean-born Australian author
• Nam Le (born 1978), Vietnamese-born Australian writer
• Suneeta Peres da Costa, Australian author
• Alice Pung (born 1981), Australian writer, editor and lawyer
• Annette Shun Wah (born 1958), Australian freelance writer and entertainer
• Elizabeth Tan (author) (born 1988), Australian novelist
• Grace Yee, Australian poeat and writer

Military

• Billy Sing (1886–1943), Australian soldier

Politics

This section is an excerpt from List of Asian Australian politicians § Officeholders.[edit]

20 Asian Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), including ten each in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most common represented ethnicity are Chinese Australian (nine) and Indian Australian (three). There are eight incumbent Asian Australian parliamentarians as of 2022.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Federal Parliament

Senate

Senator		Ethnicity	Party	State	Tenure		Notes
					Term start	Term end
	Tsebin Tchen (1941–2019)	Chinese[1][2][3][4]	Liberal	Victoria	1 July 1999	30 June 2005	Retired
	Penny Wong (born 1968)	Chinese (Malaysian Chinese)[5][6][7][8]	Labor	South Australia	1 July 2002	Incumbent
	Lisa Singh (born 1972)	Indian[9][10][11][12][13][14]	Labor	Tasmania	1 July 2011	30 June 2019	Lost reelection
	Dio Wang (born 1981)	Chinese[15][16]	Palmer United	Western Australia	1 July 2014	2 July 2016	Lost reelection
	Mehreen Faruqi (born 1963)	Pakistani[17][18][19][20]	Greens	New South Wales	15 August 2018	Incumbent
	Fatima Payman (born 1995)	Afghan[21]	Labor (to 2024) Independent (from 2024)	Western Australia	1 July 2022	Incumbent
	Varun Ghosh (born 1985)	Indian[22]	Labor	Western Australia	1 February 2024	Incumbent

House of Representatives

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Division	State	Tenure		Notes
						Term start	Term end
	Michael Johnson (born 1970)	Chinese (Hong Konger)[23]	Liberal	Ryan	Queensland	10 November 2001	20 May 2010
			Independent			20 May 2010	21 August 2010
	Ian Goodenough (born 1975)	Singaporean[24][25][26]	Liberal	Moore	Western Australia	7 September 2013	Incumbent
	Gladys Liu (born 1964)	Chinese (Hong Konger)	Liberal	Chisholm	Victoria	18 May 2019	21 May 2022	First Chinese Australian woman to be elected to the House[27][28][29][30][31]
	Dave Sharma (born 1975)	Indian	Liberal	Wentworth	New South Wales	18 May 2019	21 May 2022	Second Australian ambassador of Indian heritage[32][26]
	Michelle Ananda-Rajah (born 1972)	Sri Lankan[26][33][34][35][36]	Labor	Higgins	Victoria	21 May 2022	Incumbent
	Cassandra Fernando (born 1988)	Sri Lankan[26][37][38][39]	Labor	Holt	Victoria	21 May 2022	Incumbent
	Dai Le (born 1968)	Vietnamese	Independent	Fowler	New South Wales	21 May 2022	8 May 2023	First Vietnamese-born member to be elected to Parliament[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
			Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network			8 May 2023	Incumbent
	Sam Lim (born 1961)	Chinese (Malaysian Chinese)[47][48][49][50]	Labor	Tangney	Western Australia	21 May 2022	Incumbent
	Zaneta Mascarenhas (born 1980)	Indian[26][25][36]	Labor	Swan	Western Australia	21 May 2022	Incumbent
	Sally Sitou (born 1982)	Chinese (Laotian Australians)[51][52][53][54][55]	Labor	Reid	New South Wales	21 May 2022	Incumbent

State and local government

Governors

Governors		Ethnicity	State	Tenure		Notes
				Term start	Term end
	Hieu Van Le (born 1954)	Vietnamese[56]	South Australia	1 September 2014	31 August 2021	First person of Asian heritage to be appointed a state governor in Australia. First person of Vietnamese background to be appointed to a vice-regal position anywhere in the world.

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term start	Term end
	Elizabeth Lee (born 1979)	Korean[57]	Liberal	Kurrajong	15 October 2016	Incumbent	First East Asian-Australian to lead a major political party in Australia.[58]
	Deepak-Raj Gupta (born 1966)	Indian[59]	Labor	Yerrabi	23 July 2019	17 October 2020	First Indian-born person to hold the position of MLA in the Australian Capital Territory. First MLA to be sworn in on the Bhagwat Gita, representing his Hindu faith.[60]

Parliament of New South Wales

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term start	Term end
	Prue Car	Bengali[61][62]	Labor	Londonderry	8 June 2021	Incumbent
	Anoulack Chanthivong (born 1977)	Laotian[63]	Labor	Macquarie Fields	28 March 2015	Incumbent	First politician of South-East Asian heritage to take a seat in the NSW Parliament[63]
	Wes Fang (born 1977)	Singaporean[64][65]	Nationals		9 August 2017	Incumbent	First person of Asian heritage to represent the Nationals in NSW[66]
	Mehreen Faruqi (born 1963)	Pakistani[18][67]	Greens	Heffron	19 June 2013	14 August 2018
	Trevor Khan (born 1957)	Punjabi[68]	Nationals		24 March 2007	6 January 2022
	Geoff Lee (born 1967)	Chinese[69]	Liberal	Parramatta	26 March 2011	25 March 2023
	Jenny Leong (born 1977)	Chinese[70]	Greens	Newtown	28 March 2015	Incumbent
	Daniel Mookhey (born 1982)	Punjabi[68]	Labor	Monaro	6 May 2015	Incumbent
	Helen Sham-Ho (born 1943)	Chinese (Hong Konger)[71][72]	Liberal / Independent		19 March 1988	28 February 2003
	Gurmesh Singh	Indian[73]	Nationals	Coffs Harbour	23 March 2019	Incumbent
	Henry Tsang (born 1942)	Chinese[74]	Labor		27 March 1999	3 December 2009
	Ernest Wong (born 1960s)	Chinese (Hong Konger)[75]	Labor		24 May 2013	23 March 2019
	Peter Wong (born 1942)	Chinese[76]	Liberal / Unity Party		27 March 1999	23 March 2007
	Gladys Berejiklian (born 1970)	Armenian[77]	Liberal		22 March 2003	30 December 2021

Parliament of the Northern Territory

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term start	Term end
	Jack Ah Kit (1950–2020)	Chinese[78]	Labor	Arnhem	7 October 1995	16 June 2005
	Ngaree Ah Kit (born 1981)	Chinese[79]	Labor	Karama	27 August 2016	28 October 2024
	Harry Chan (1918–1969)	Chinese[80]		Fannie Bay	December 1962	5 August 1969
	Jinson Charls	Indian[81]	Country Liberal	Sanderson	28 August 2024	Incumbent
	Richard Lim (born 1946)	Malaysian[82]	Country Liberal	Greatorex	1994	2007
	Lauren Moss (born 1987)	Indian	Labor	Casuarina	18 October 2014	28 October 2024
	Sandra Nelson (born 1971)	East Timorese[83]	Labor	Katherine	27 August 2016	30 July 2020
	Khoda Patel	Indian[84]	Country Liberal	Casuarina	28 August 2024	Incumbent
	Tanzil Rahman	Bangladeshi[85]	Country Liberal	Fong Lim	28 August 2024	Incumbent

Parliament of Queensland

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term start	Term end
	Michael Choi (born 1959)	Chinese (Hong Konger)[86][87]	Labor	Capalaba	17 February 2001	23 March 2012
	Anne Warner (born 1945)	Indian[88]	Labor	Kurilpa	22 October 1983	1 November 1986

Parliament of South Australia

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term Start	Term End
	Jing Lee (born 1967)	Malaysian Chinese	Liberal	State-wide	20 March 2010	Incumbent
	Rob Lucas (born 1953)	Japanese	Liberal	State-wide	6 November 1982	19 March 2022
	Tung Ngo (born 1972)	Vietnamese	Labor	State-wide	15 March 2014	Incumbent
	Bernice Pfitzner (born 1938)	Singaporean	Liberal	State-wide	23 October 1990	10 October 1997

Parliament of Tasmania

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term Start	Term End
	Lisa Singh (born 1972)	Indian	Labor	Denison	18 March 2006	13 April 2010

Parliament of Victoria

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term Start	Term End
	Tien Kieu (born 1960)	Vietnamese	Labor	South Eastern Metropolitan Region	24 November 2018	26 November 2022
	Hong Lim (born 1950)	Chinese	Labor	Clayton / Clarinda	30 March 1996	29 November 2014
	Sang Nguyen (born 1960)	Vietnamese	Labor	Melbourne West Province	May 1996	November 2006
	Jude Perera (born 1953)	Sri Lankan	Labor	Cranbourne	25 November 2002	24 November 2018
	Samantha Ratnam (born 1977)	Sri Lankan	Greens	Northern Metropolitan Region	19 October 2017	Incumbent
	Harriet Shing (born 1976)	Chinese	Labor	Eastern Victoria Region	29 November 2014	Incumbent
	Meng Heang Tak	Cambodian	Labor	Clarinda	19 December 2018	Incumbent
	Huong Truong (born 1983)	Vietnamese	Greens	Western Metropolitan Region	21 February 2018	24 November 2018
	Kaushaliya Vaghela	Indian	Labor / Independent / New Democrats	Western Metropolitan Region	24 November 2018	26 November 2022
	Fred Van Buren (1936–2006)	Sri Lankan	Labor	Eumemmerring	1985	1992
	Nicole Werner	Chinese (Malaysian Chinese)	Liberal	Warrandyte	26 August 2023	Incumbent
	Eden Foster	Indian	Labor	Mulgrave	18 November 2023	Incumbent

Parliament of Western Australia

Member		Ethnicity	Party	Constituency	Tenure		Notes
					Term Start	Term End
	Helen Bullock (born 1965)	Chinese	Labor	Mining and Pastoral Region	22 May 2009	21 May 2013
	Jags Krishnan (born 1972)	Indian	Labor	Riverton	13 March 2021	Incumbent
	Kevin Michel (born 1961)	Indian	Labor	Pilbara	11 March 2017	Incumbent
	Yaz Mubarakai (born 1975)	Indian	Labor	Jandakot	11 March 2017	Incumbent
	Batong Pham (born 1967)	Vietnamese	Labor		November 2007	May 2009
	Pierre Yang (born 1983)	Chinese	Labor	South Metropolitan Region	22 May 2021	Incumbent

Councilors and Mayors

Member		Ethnicity	Position	Tenure		Notes
				Term Start	Term End
	John So (born 1946)	Hong Konger	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	July 2001	November 2008	First Lord Mayor of Melbourne of Chinese descent.
	Katrina Fong Lim (born 1961)	Chinese[89]	Lord Mayor of Darwin	3 April 2012	4 September 2017
	Anthony Tran (born 1999)	Vietnamese[90][91][92]	Maribyrnong City Council	9 November 2021
	Kun Huang (born ?)	Chinese[93][94]	Cumberland City Council
	Sabrin Farooqui (born ?)	Bangladeshi[95][94][96][97]	Cumberland City Council
	Jasmine Nguyen (born ?)	Vietnamese[92][98][99][100]	Brimbank City Council

Sports

• Aaron Gurd (born 2001), Australian professional football player
• Adam Hollioake (born 1971), Australian cricket coach
• Alex Silvagni (born 1987), Australian rules football player
• Andrew Embley (born 1981), Australian rules football player
• Andrew Everingham (born 1987), Australian professional rugby football player
• Anne Pang (born 1958), Chinese Australian martial artist and bussinesswoman
• Ashton Agar (born 1993), Australian cricket player
• Barry Pang (born 1951), Chinese Australian martial artist
• Ben Hollioake (1977–2002), Australian-born England international cricket player
• Catriona Bisset (born 1994), Australian middle-distance runner
• Chen Hsuan-yu (born 1993), Australian badminton player
• Chen Shaoliang), Chinese Australian rules football player
• Clancee Pearce (born 1990), Australian rules football player
• Craig Wing (born 1979), Australian rugby league player
• Daniel Kerr (born 1983), Australian rules football player
• Dannie Seow (born 1967), Australian rules football player
• Eddie Jones (rugby union) (born 1960), Australian rugby union coach
• Emma Guo (born 1995), Australian chess player
• Eric Pearce (field hockey) (born 1931), Indian-born Australian former field hockey player
• Fred Pringle (1899–1982), Australian rules football player
• Geoff Huegill (born 1979), Australian swimmer
• Henry Smith (long jumper) (born 1996), Australian long jumper
• Huang Chia-chi (born 1979), Taiwanese Australian badminton player
• Iain Ramsay (born 1988), Australian football player
• Jason Day (born 1987), Australian golfer
• Joanna Lin (born 2002), Australian rules football player
• Joanne Missingham (born 1994), Australian-born Taiwanese professional Go player
• Jordan McMahon (born 1983), Australian rules football player
• Martin Nguyen (born 1989), Australian mixed martial artist
• Julian Pearce (field hockey) (born 1937), Indian-born Australian former field hockey player
• Kevin Gordon (born 1989), Australian rugby league player
• Lin Jong (born 1993), Australian rules football player
• Michael Letts (born 1985), Australian–Filipino rugby player
• Nick Kyrgios (born 1995), Australian tennis player
• Paul Medhurst (born 1981), Australian rules football player
• Peter Bell (Australian footballer born 1976), Australian rules football player
• Rex Sellers (cricketer) (born 1940), Indian-born Australian cricket player
• Rhys Williams (soccer, born 1988), Australian football player
• Richard Chee Quee (born 1971), Australian former cricket player
• Roger Kerr (footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules football coach
• Sam Kerr (born 1993), Australian football player
• Sean Wroe (born 1985), Australian sprinter
• Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian cricketer
• Tino Ceberano (born 1941), Australian martial artist
• Trent Dennis-Lane (born 1988), Australian rules football player
• Usman Khawaja (born 1986), Pakistani-born Australian cricket player
• Wally Koochew (1887–1932), Australian rules football player
• William Cheung (born 1940), Hong Kong-born Australian martial artist

See also

• Bangladesh portal
• China portal
• Philippines portal
• India portal
• Vietnam portal
• Japan portal
• Pakistan portal
• Cambodia portal
• Laos portal
• Thailand portal
• Australia portal
• Asia portal
• Society portal

• List of Asian Australian politicians

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