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The number of Sri Lankan Australians counted in 1996, including the second-generation, was 64,068. The 2011 census recorded 86,412 Sri Lankans born in Australia. The rate of assimilation among Sri Lankan Australians is fairly high: among second-generation immigrants, the 'in-marriage' rate was extremely low – 5.6% for brides and 3.0% for grooms.
The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. [15][16] They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more ...
Location (s) Alligator Creek, Mackay, Queensland. Killed. 6. George David Silva (1884 – 10 June 1912) was an Australian mass murderer. [1] Silva, who was of Sinhalese descent, worked as a farmhand on a property owned by Hong Kong -born [2] Charles Ching at Alligator Creek, about 20 miles (32 km) from Mackay, Queensland. [3]
Richard Manik de Zoysa (Sinhala: රිචඩ් ද සොයිසා; Tamil: இரிச்சர்ட் டி சோய்சா; 18 March 1958 – 18 February 1990) was a well-known Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor, who was abducted and murdered on 18 February 1990. His murder caused widespread outrage ...
Genetic studies on Sinhalese. The hypothesized migration routes of the ancestors of the Sinhalese and other ethnic groups into Sri Lanka. Genetic studies on the Sinhalese is part of population genetics investigating the origins of the Sinhalese population. All studies agree that there is a significant relationship between the Sinhalese and the ...
Clarence Jey – Billboard Hot 100 record producer, musician. Kamahl – singer and actor (born in Malaysia) Desmond Kelly – musician and actor. Alston Koch – musician [6][7][8] Keith Potger – musician, founding member of the Seekers. Amali Ward – Australian Idol contestant, singer [9] Ecca Vandal – South African-born, Sri Lankan ...
[83] [84] Raine later stated that the death threats became part of the routine of their lives: "There were so many threatening calls. 'We are going to kill you. We are going to kill your children.'" [43] In 2002, Wickrematunge's then wife left Sri Lanka due to the constant threats against their family, taking their three children to Australia. [43]
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP, KCM (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. [1] He was Ceylon 's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to ...