Mate Kolakušić

Croatian singer born in Ljubunci in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at that time Yugoslavia. He finished primary school in his home village, then secondary school in Novi Sad, before moving to Austria and, after that, Australia. He can also speak German, English and Italian. He recorded the show Selo Veselo in his home village after returning. Before and during the war he recorded patriotic music with the tapes "Domovino ljepsa si od raja", "U boj za Hrvatsku", "Razbij kume casu" and "Leti pjesmo moja" and the video tape "Herceg-Bosna i lijepa Hrvatska". All proceeds from sales went to the needs of the defense of Croatia and Herceg-Bosna. He engaged in charity work, organized and collected aid for victims and wounded veterans. He was an active member of the Croatian community in Australia. He was the founder and president of the Croatian-Australian Society "Plitvice" in Melbourne, member of HALUD (Croatian-Australian literate-artistic society) in Sydney and of the Sydney branch of the "Hrvatskoga Domobrana" and an active member of other societies and clubs.