2020+
Czechia in Australia
Thank you for visiting the website of “Czechia in Australia”, managed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canberra.
First of all, thank you for the attention that you have given to our webpages as well as Czechs and the Czech footprint Australia. The number of visits to these pages
– 14 468 to date (4 January 2021) – has brought me great joy. We had ambitious plans for 2020 – the year that we had linked this website to. But as we say in Czech “Člověk míní, pán Bůh mění,” and in the end everything turned out different.
The year started off with bushfires and continued with the COVID-19 crisis. Many plans remained unrealised and others were fundamentally changed. Above all, we had to learn how to do things differently. In the end every problem is also a challenge. Travel complications, the inability to meet in person and the need to quickly share information in situations that were dynamically changing led us to more intensive work in the cyber-sphere.
The project Czechia in Australia 2020 was originally intended to last for one year. Your interest in the project, as well as newly arisen circumstances inspired us to continue. And so we have changed the logo to Czechia in Australia 2020+, where the plus represents continuation. We believe that this will be good news for our website’s visitors and we looking forward to continue to welcome you on these pages in the future.
Tomáš Dub
Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Australia
Winners of the competition in Australian Flora photography
1st place
JAN REZAC

2nd place
JITKA SMITH

3rd place
JARMILA SMAZALOVA

Winners of the Statues and People of Australia competition
1st place
JITKA SMITH

2nd place
PETRA CRAIG

3rd place
MARTA PELIKÁNOVÁ

Winners of the Australian Architecture and Urban Landscape photography
1st place
PETR ČERNÍK

2nd place
PETR ČERNÍK

3rd place
STANISLAV PERTL

Winners of our photography of Australian Fauna competition
1st place
PETRA CRAIG
2nd place
PETR ČERNÍK
3rd place
PETRA CRAIG
Winners of 2nd round of Australian Landscape competition
1st place
PETR ČERNÍK

2nd place
JIŘÍ VINŠ

3rd place
STANISLAV PERTL

Winners of 1st round of Australian Landscape competition
1st place
JITKA HAMPL

2nd place
JITKA SMITH

3rd place
ZDENKA ROSECKÁ

Zdenka Rosecka also won the popular vote at Czech Embassy in Canberra | Facebook

One inspiration of a Czech art in Australia
Interview with the director of Sculpture by the Sea
David Černý, ‘Pink Tank Wrecked’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Photo Henri Fanti.
Online Exhibition: 21st August 1968
This exhibition traces the eventful day of 21st August 1968 and Australia's response to events in Czechoslovakia.










Dušan and Voitre Marek: Surrealists at sea
Following their arrival in Adelaide in 1948, Czech-born brothers Dušan (1926-1993) and Voitre Marek (1919-1999) set into motion a surge of new ideas and controversies that

Stanislav Brzobohatý-Berton
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Farmers from Tasmania
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