Jamaican Australian

Jamaican Australian

Notable Jamaican Australians: Billy Blue • Brendan Nash
Total population
Jamaican 1,774 (by ancestry, 2006) 786 (by birth, 2006).
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales Victoria
Languages
Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois
Religion
Christianity, Protestantism, Rastafarian
Related ethnic groups
Jamaican people, Jamaican-British, Jamaican Canadians, Jamaican Americans,

Jamaican Australian is an Australian person who is from or has ancestral ties to Jamaica.

According to the 2006 Australian census, 786 Australians were born in Jamaica while 1,774 claimed Jamaican ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.

Notable Jamaican Australians

name	Born - Died	Notable for	Connection with Australia	Connection with Jamaica
Billy Blue	1767-1834	Australian convict	Convicted and transported to Australia	Although Billy Blue’s place and date of birth are uncertain, convict records suggest he was born in Jamaica around 1767
Shawn Gillies	1981-	Australian cricketer	Emigrated to Australia	born Jamaica
Brendan Nash	1977-	Australian cricketer	born in Australia	Son of Paul Nash who is Jamaican by birth
Deni Hines	1970-	Singer	lives in Australia	Jamaican ancestry
Marcia Hines	1953-	Singer	moved to Australia in 1969; member of the Order of Australia (naturalised 1994)	Jamaican ancestry
Paul Nash	1943	swimmer	Emigrated to Australia	born Jamaica
Seaman Dan	1929-	singer-songwriter	born in Australia	Jamaican ancestry
Peter Jackson	1861-1901	Boxer	Emigrated to Australia	Jamaican ancestry
Ashleigh Francis		Miss World Australia	born in Australia	Jamaican ancestry
Marvin Priest	1981	British/Australian-based singer	lives in Australia	Jamaican ancestry

See also

• Reggae in Australia