In 2022, Dutch-Australian historian Dr Nonja Peters resolved a longstanding maritime mystery by identifying Jan Fransz of Hoorn as the skipper of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) vessel Leeuwin on its 1621 voyage from Read more
Biography Dr Nonja Yvonne Huberta Maria Peters is a Dutch-born Australian historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher whose work has made a significant contribution to the understanding and preservation of Dutch-Australian history. Her research Read more
Hendrik and Johannis Boele grew up in a Sliedrecht family whose life was closely connected with shipping and the river. Their father, Klaas Boele, was a skipper who operated his own vessel, the Cornelia, built Read more