The Langbroek family emigrated from the Netherlands to Australia in mid-1961, shorty after the birth of John-Paul. Their mother, Anne, is part Jamaican and American, and their father, Jan Langbroek, is Dutch, and they both worked as missionaries in Papua New Guinea. The family travelled around rural Queensland where Langbroek Read more…
Dr Ray Kerkhove is a professional historian and ethno-historian (accredited through Professional Historians Association Queensland), specializing in 19th Century Aboriginal social history and material culture, mostly for southern Queensland. Ray was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Sydney with his family at the age of 4. They arrived with Read more…
When reading the book ‘Warrior’ from Libby Connors I came across a reference of a Dutchman killed by Aboriginal people in February 1859 in Moreton Bay, Brisbane. At this time, this was still part of NSW as the separation of Queensland only happened later that year. The murder of this Read more…
DAAAG was created to be an accessible, easy to navigate, multimedia internet service dedicated to the sustainable digital preservation of Dutch Australians’ cultural heritage – for use by scholars, researchers, bureaucrats, journalists, Dutch individuals and other digital end users worldwide. DAAAG is an initiative of the History of Migration Experiences Read more…
The Huygens Institute aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive. It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure. The Read more…
When the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies, some 20,000 Dutch and Indonesians (Netherlands East Indies – NEI) fled to Australia. As Australia had a strict White Australian Policies, native people from NEI where housed separately. Of them 1,200 Indonesian internees were held at the Cowra POW Camp during WWII. Read more…
This is the only official Dutch War Cemetery in Australia. It is only one of three non Commonwealth War Cemeteries in Australia, the other two being the Tatura (German) War Cemetery in Victoria (250 graves) and the Cowra (Japanese) War Cemetery in New South Wales (523). At Cowra the Dutch Read more…
BURGERS FAMILY HISTORY Nora Burgers (nee Hevel) was born in Ambarawa, in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 2nd September, 1920. Her parents were Jannigje (nee Derekson) and Jan Hendrik Hevel. When Nora was three years old, the family, comprising Nora, Jan, a sister (Mimi), and two brothers, Read more…
Biography This is a personal story from Associate Professor Klaas Woldring the author of six short books on democracy and political changes that are needed in Australia to move forward. Klaas was born on 2nd July 1934 in Groningen He went to Highschool there, completed two years compulsory military service, worked Read more…
This story outlines the history of how the Beek family (Father, Mother and two sons) came to migrate to Australia.