Poland in Australia

The Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day celebration took place on 23 April at the Hungarian Embassy in Canberra. This year, in connection with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Visegrad Group, alongside representatives of the Polish and Hungarian communities, we also invited our friends from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to attend.

Med2Meet - a virtual matchmaking event bringing together companies, R&D institutions, investors and other medical sector stakeholders from all over the world will take place on 21 April 2021.

Future Health Poland 2021 online conference will take place from 23 to 25 March 2021.

On the occasion of the 211st anniversary of the birth of Poland’s greatest composer, Fryderyk Chopin, a concert of his music by Alexander Yau took place at the Embassy on March 18, 2021. Among the audience were representatives of the federal parliament, the diplomatic corps, people of culture and science, as well as members and supporters of the association Friends of Chopin Australia, which co-organized the event.

The celebrations took place on 13 March 2021 in the historic settlement of Polish Hill River near Adelaide, the site of the first Polish settlement in Australia. The event was attended by Ambassador Michał Kołodziejski and a wide representation of the state and church in South Australia, including SA Governor Hieu Van Le, parliamentarians and local authorities, as well as Polish communities from South Australia and Victoria.

This year's celebrations of the discovery and naming of Mt. Kosciuszko were held in the Snowy Valleys region. 181 years ago, on March 9, 1840, Paweł Strzelecki’s expedition set off from these areas and led Polish explorer to the highest peak in continental Australia.

A year after the devastating bushfires in 2019-20, wildlife recovery efforts are still ongoing, lots of them financed using the funds received from Poland. Almost half a million złotych collected by volunteer firefighters from Poręba Spytkowska, as well as funds donated by the Polish community in Australia (over $150,000 AUD in total), are being spent to help saving species most threatened with extinction, including on the restoration of their habitat destroyed by fire. The restoration of flora and fauna unique to Mount Kosciuszko is a process that will, however, take many years.

We are pleased to announce the new Polish Honorary Consul General in Melbourne Mr. Andrzej Soszyński, who commences his mission on 16 February 2021.