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).
This is the third article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Read more
This is the second article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Read more
By CCHA / June 28, 2026 Charles van der Plas: colonial expert, wartime administrator in Australia and advocate of gradual reform Charles Olke van der Plas (1891–1977) was one of the most experienced Dutch colonial administrators of the Read more