Dutch and Australian forces join search for Michael Rockefeller in Dutch New Guinea, 1961

In November 1961, Dutch and Australian authorities jointly undertook one of the most extensive search operations ever mounted in Dutch New Guinea. The mission followed the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, son of the then–Governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, whose loss drew international attention to the remote Asmat coast in Read more

Christiaan Slotemaker de Bruine: The Dutch mind behind Canberra’s Floriade

Christiaan Rudolph Victor Slotemaker de Bruine (born 7 May 1941, The Hague; died 27 August 2024, Canberra) was a Dutch-Australian landscape architect best known as the originator and designer of Canberra’s Floriade, now Australia’s largest spring festival. He conceived Floriade in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from the famous Keukenhof in Read more