A new book has been published about the doomed fate of the VOC ship the Batavia in 1629. In this case the historical story forms the background to fiction through the eyes of 9 year old Dutch girl Mayken. Read the review of ”The Night Ship” by Jess Kidd as published in the Australian Weekend (by Jack Stanton).
By Peter Reynders First published by the Dutch Courier in July 2025 With the recent name change of the Mexican Gulf, it became even more interesting to me to look at the process of some Read more…
nijntje, known in English as miffy, is a character created by Dutch children’s author and illustrator Dick Bruna (1927-2017). She is a white rabbit with human characteristics who lives in the Netherlands. The first nijntje/miffy Read more…
In 1994, the Australian Government Publishing Service released a remarkable volume titled Diplomasi: Australia & Indonesia’s Independence. Documents 1947, edited by political analyst and public servant Dr Philip Dorling. This collection of declassified documents sheds Read more…