Population : 1889 people in Sydney claimed to have Brazilian ancestry in the 2001 census (3763 in Australia). This was less than the 2280 Brazilian-born people (4713 in Australia) - some of whom claimed Portuguese ancestry. In 1996, the numbers of Brazilian-born were 1563 in Sydney and 3359 in Australia. And in 1991, 1485 and 2977.

Areas: Randwick (148), Waverley (140), Canterbury (121) Warringah (104).

Stop off: Copacabana Restaurant, Botany; Brazil Galeria craft shop, Sydenham; Casa Brazil restaurant, Marrickville. The Canarinhos soccer club play every Sunday from 11am at Centennial Park and finish the day at Bondi Cafe at Bondi Beach, where a couple of Brazilians sing on Sunday nights.

Diary events: Ritamo (rythm) Festival at Darling Harbour in September.

For a quick taste: Paddington's Saturday markets has a stall selling fruit juices made from imported Amazon pulp.

Who can you call: Brazilian Consulate 9267 4414; Brazilian Community Council of Australia 9294 0999 or www.bracca.org.

Brazilian Community Council of Australia
BraCCA

A non-profit community organization  based in Sydney.   The Association aims: To promote the Brazilian culture within the general community. To identify and advocate the needs of the Brazilian community in Australia. To work towards increasing friendship and cultural exchange between Australia and Brazil. www.bracca.org

Brazilian Association of Canberra Inc.

Association of Brazilians in Canberra. The aim is to improve the relationship between brazilians and australians; to promote brazilian culture and advocate on needs of brazilians living in Canberra.

Name	Katia Machado
Phone (BH)	62512360 - Business Hours 9am to 5pm
Phone (AH)	0402 464887 - After Hours 6pm to 9pm
Phone (Mobile)	0402 464887 - 6pm to 9pm
Address	12, Hilton Court - Amess Place - Belconnen; 2617, ACT 2617
Email	katia.machado@optusnet.com.au

Sydney Brazilian Social Club
Centennial Park Canarinhos

President: Valdeci Alvarenga, Tel: 02 9662 4442 - Mob: 0414 825 325
Macario de Souza (Secretary) 0412 557 369)

Brazilian airlines in Australia

WORLD AVIATION SYSTEMS
403 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Tel.: 9244 2154, Email: rodneyw@worldaviation.com.au
TAM
LEVEL 10, 92 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: 9232 5866, Email: jlbati@ozemail.com.au

Flights between Australia & Brazil

www.brazil.org.au - Embassy of Brazil, Canberra / Australia

www.australiabrazil.com.au - Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce Inc

www.brazilsydney.org – Brazil Trade Bureau

www.brazil.embassy.gov.au - Australian Embassy in Brazil

me.desmond.com/brazil -

www.viverbrazil.com - Viver Brazil has become recognised in the past 2 years for its amazing and diverse collection of Brazilian bikinis

www.brazilbody.com - Brazil Body Activewear

http://www.brazilclean.com.au - We provide a range of services to support the exterior and interior cleaning requirements of our clients. We pride ourselves on some old-fashioned (and "south-american") values of hard-work, care and a structured, ethical approach to ensure that we deliver a great service, to a high quality standard and to the required timeframe.

www.fashionbrazil.com.au - Fashion Brazil Australia was founded by Selma Fonseca, I was born in Brazil and have lived in Australia for 10 years Having lived and grown up on the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon in Rio De Janeiro

www.bikinisbrazil.com -

www.beachbrasil.com - Our factory is located in Red Hill, a lovely suburb in sunny Brisbane, Australia. We have a great team of machinists with many years of experience in the swimwear industry.

www.silviabrasil.com - Silvia Brasil was born in São Paulo, the megalopolis city of Brazil. She is a descendant of an American Indian culture, that is how we can explain her eccentric surname Brasil.
Silvia has been involved with broadcasting, modeling and performing for over 15 years.

www.missbrazil.com.au - A Brazilian Barrister for more than ten years, with a background in modeling and television gave up a promising career as a Judge in Rio de Janeiro to dedicate herself to her real passion – Fashion.

www.emotrans.com.au - We were formed in 1988 and are 100% AUSTRALIAN OWNED and operated

www.finelinkbrazil.com - Our unique network of partners and associates, stretching from South America to Australia and Asia gives us the extra edge to provide a unique service to our clients and customers

www.productoslatinos.com.au - The most covenient,entertaining and secure way of shopping for Latin American products in Australia.

www.globetravel.com.au - Is an agency in existence for 9 years, as a wholesaler our division, The Brazilian Travel Centre, was created 5 years ago.

www.capoeira.com.au - Peixe's recent achievement in 2004 is the highest belt of capoeira, black belt, from the founders of Capoeira Brasil and guests (Mestre Acordeon, Mestre Antonio Vargas, Mestre Lobão, Mestre Peixinho, Mestre Gato, Mestre Hulk, Mestre Rã, Mestre Ramos, Mestre Cabeça, Mestre Indio, Mestre Girino, Mestre Naval, Mestre Mão Branca, Mestre Paulão and Mestre Boneco).

www.bjj.com.au - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu arrived on the Australian martial arts scene in early 1989.

www.zambiacongo.com.au - Welcome to Zambiacongo Capoeira Group Australian official website

www.braziliantouch.com.au - A Brazilian Carnival in the heart of Brisbane where you can join the conga line, salsa the night away and feel the pulsing rhythms of Latin America. 

www.copacabaret.com.au - If you always wanted to go to South America, COPACABANA will take you there faster than any airline.  Just Samba and Lambada your way down to Botany where you can experience Sydney's best South American food and entertainment.

www.latindance.com.au - LDA is a group specializing in Dance Instruction and Latin Entertainment. LDA is the biggest Latin Dance School in Sydney and is the first and only Street Latin Dance School in Sydney to conduct operations at their own dance studio.

www.melsamba.com - Carlos Ferreira's Melbourne Samba School is open to people from all walks of life and drumming levels to learn to play in a real samba percussion ensemble environment.

http://ozcat.com/bio.htm - Carlos Ferreira comes from Vila Isabel, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) which is to samba what old New Orleans is to jazz. Carlos is (as they say in Rio) a "Carioca da Gema" - a genuine Carioca..

www.picantedance.com.au - Discover the Rhythm and Energy of South America with Picante Latin Dance. This Sydney based dance business offers Latin Dance Classes, Workshops, Private tuition and Shows for all occasions.

www.dancecentral.com.au -

Dance Central offers a wide range of dance and exercise classes and workshops (salsa, rueda, samba, funk, latin funk, uk street funk, jazz, belly dance, hip hop, break dance, indian classical, bollywood, swing, tango, popping, locking, latin social dance, capoeira, polynesian, art of stripping, dancehall, ballet, free style...)

www.riosamba.com - Brazilian Dance School Dance Classes - Workshops - Performances

www.sambafrog.com - Brazilian dance & percussion, classes - workshops - performances

www.labomba.com.au - La Bomba runs street Latin Dance Classes, organises Latin events , manage Latin bands in Australia, run percussion workshops and we are promoters of international and national Latin concerts in Australia.

www.braziliantouch.com.au - A Brazilian Carnival in the heart of Brisbane where you can join the conga line, salsa the night away and feel the pulsing rhythms of Latin America. 

www.sambaderoda.com.au - Capoeira Samba de Roda was Western Australia's first established capoeira school, and is headed by Mestre Jorge Draga. We are the only professional capoeira school in Western Australia, and are recognised nationally and internationally.

www.vidiola.com - started of helping friends set up their editing suite in exchange to edit the footage I shot in 1994 when I was still an airline pilot. In 1995, after leaving aviation, I worked as a news camera operator for a Brazilian Television Station, TV Cultura. I then started to operate independently recording music, theatre and dance performances with multiple cameras.