Filipino diaspora sa Australia: Mula sa kasaysayan hanggang sa patuloy na pag-unlad sa makabagong panahon

Filipino diaspora in Australia: From Filipino pearl divers in the 1800s to Filipinos who enlisted as soldiers and fought with Australian forces in the First and Second World War to  scholars, international students to skilled workers and professional migrants.

Filipino Diaspora in Australia: From the first Filipino pearl divers in the 1800s (bottom left) and their descendants (bottom right), to Filipinos who served alongside Australian forces in World Wars I and II, and onward to scholars, students, skilled workers, and recent professional migrants shaping modern Australia. Credit: Getty Images, Elsta Foy and family, Filipino Australian Brisbane Society and Debora Ruiz-Wall

Malalim ang kasaysayan ng mga Pilipino sa Australia mula pa ika-19 na siglo sa mga naitalang Manilamen - mga Pilipinog pearl diver sa Broome at Torres Strait hanggang sa mga sundalo sa hukbo ng Australia noong World War I at II. Sa kasalukuyan, mahigit 400,000 Pilipino ang naninirahan sa Australia, patuloy na nag-aambag sa kultura, edukasyon, at ekonomiya ng bansa.


Key Points
  • Nagsimula ang koneksyon ng Pilipinas at Australia noong ika-19 na siglo sa pamamagitan ng kalakalan ng mga produktong gatas, tubo, at asukal sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa.
  • Sa librong "Re-imagining Australia: Voices of Indigenous Australians of Filipino Descent" ni Deborah Ruiz-Wall, itinatampok ang kwento ng mga Manilamen, ang mga pamilyang kanilang binuo sa Australia, at ang lahing nagpatuloy mula sa kanila.
  • Patuloy ang pagdami ng mga Pilipino sa Australia—mga estudyante, manggagawa, at propesyonal—na ngayon ay mahigit 400,000 at aktibo sa pag-ambag sa kultura, edukasyon, at ekonomiya ng bansa.
Inilaan ng book author mula Sydney na si Deborah Ruiz-Wall at South Australian Retired Army Major Paul Rosenzweig ang kanilang panahon sa pananaliksik sa mga sinaunang Pilipino sa Australia. Natunton nila ang mga kaapu-apuhan ng Pilipinong pearldiver at mga naging sundalo sa hukbo ng Australia noong 1800s.
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Filipino-Australian author Dr. Deborah Ruiz Wall (2nd from left) with former Philippine Embassy in Canberra Third Secretary Nicole de Castro, and descendants of the Manilamen Cauline Masuda and Kevin Puertollano. Kevin Puertollano holds a map of Marinduque, the Philippine province where his forefather Thomas Puertollano came from. Credit: Philippine Embassy at Canberra
"They've came from the Philippines at the end of the 19th century. Some of them as early as 1870s and they came to Thursday Island in Far North Queensland as pearl divers and around the turn of the century, most of them came across to Darwin and because they'd been here for certain amount of time, they can apply for citizenship. Many of them got their citizenship in Queensland," pagbabahagi ni Retired Army Major Paul Rosenzweig na naglaan ng panahon sa pag-aaral tungkol sa mga Pilipino-Australyano na naglingkod sa ilalim ng Australian Imperial Force noong Una at Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig.
Australian and Filipino soldiers fought together as part of the United Nations Command in the Korean War, most notably at the Battle of Yultong in April 1951.
Australian and Filipino soldiers fought together as part of the United Nations Command in the Korean War, most notably at the Battle of Yultong in April 1951. Credit: Australian War Memorial
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