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Dutch – Australian History

Was there a Dutch colony in Central Australia in the 18th century?

There are a number of stories and myths about a Dutch colony in Central Australia dating back to the 18th century. However, there is no concrete evidence to support the claim that a group of Dutch settlers ever established a colony in the region. The story seems to have originated Read more…

By DACC, 3 weeksMarch 10, 2023 ago
Dutch – Australian History

Dutch persons among convicts transported to Australia

While most convicts transported to Australia came from Britain or Ireland there are also a remarkable number of Dutch names under the convicts. Some might have been Dutch people living in England, but others in one way or another also ended up in Australia. The following is a list of Read more…

By DACC, 1 monthFebruary 20, 2023 ago
Migration history

70 years since the 1953 North Sea Flood ‘Watersnoodramp’

Just as there have been extreme weather events in Australia last year carrying over into this year resulting in devastating floods over large areas of Australia resulting in  loss of life, livelihood and billions of dollars’ worth of damage to property and infrastructure, so there was seventy years ago an Read more…

By DACC, 2 monthsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Archive

Archive files 1953 North Sea Flood ‘Watersnoodramp’

This post contains articles from newpares and magazines and archoval material from The DACC. Go back to the main article. Newspapers and magazines with pictures from the Flood You can open each newspaper in a new tab to read it. Books about Flood. Reporting on the flood for the Dutch Read more…

By DACC, 2 monthsJanuary 20, 2023 ago
Military and Political History

Refugees from Netherlands East Indies recuperating in Australia after WWII

After the surrender of Japan there were some 100,000 European people in the Japanese camps, many of them were close to starvation. An agreement between Australia and Netherlands East Indies governments led to the formation of the Netherlands Indies Welfare Organisation for Evacuees (NIWOE). The organisation emerged out of the Read more…

By DACC, 3 monthsJanuary 10, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Dr. Cas Jeekel Dutch zoologist and entomologist – expert in Australian millipedes

Casimir Albrecht Willem (Cas) Jeekel (Medan, 24 February 1922 – Breda, 13 March 2010. He was a former director of the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam. (now based in Leiden). Dr Jeekel was once the world authority on millipedes and, as a Dutchman, had a great influence on the study of Read more…

By DACC, 3 monthsDecember 30, 2022 ago
Dutch – Australian History

Dutch Dugong fisherman killed by Aboriginal people in 1859

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.

By DACC, 3 monthsDecember 25, 2022 ago
Military and Political History

Professor Klaas Woldring – reflecting on Australian politics

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…

By DACC, 3 monthsDecember 23, 2022 ago
News and Updates

Student exchange collaboration Universities of Utrecht and Sydney

In early November 2022 a delegation of Utrecht University, including the Rector Magnificus Prof Dr Henk Kummeling and Margot van Sluis-Barten, director External Relations, visited the University of Sydney to discuss cooperation and a student exchange programme. It was agreed that there will be a large number of student exchanges Read more…

By DACC, 4 monthsNovember 29, 2022 ago
Migration history

Meaning of Dutch names

By DACC, 8 monthsJuly 26, 2022 ago

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