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Sinterklaas – Online from Sydney 4-12-21
Sunday 4 December 11am, OnlineSinterklaas is coming to Sydney for an online party! Join Sinterklaas for some singing, dancing and go in the draw for great prizes. Book tickets here
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia
QUT Award for Dutch-Aboriginal Author Ellen van Neerven
Born in Brisbane in 1990 to Aboriginal and Dutch parents, Ellen van Neerven is a Yugambeh woman with traditional ties to the country between the Logan and Tweed rivers. She won the David Unaipon Award in the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards for Heat and Light. Ellen lives in Brisbane. A Read more…
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Dan van Holst Pellekaan appointed as Deputy Premier of South Australia
The South Australian Mining and Energy Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan has been appointed as Deputy Premier of South Australia. He was born in Canberra, to a Dutch father who had emigrated to Australia at the age of two. His father J. W. van Hoist Pellekaan was a departmental secretary Read more…
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Lost footage of Friday on My Mind – Easybeats founded by Dutch boys
Lost footage of the Easybeats during their first performance on BBC’s Top of the Pops has been found after 55 years. The Easybeats was formed in 1964. All five founder members were from families that had migrated to Australia from Europe. The two founding Dutch members of the group were Read more…
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Abel Tasman Map restored at NSW State Library
There be monsters on the only surviving map showing Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s 1642 and 1644 trips around Tasmania, New Zealand, the South Pacific and north coast of Australia, but they are far from the stuff of nightmares. A year-long project by State Library of NSW’s conservator Dana Kahabka revealed Read more…
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Dutch cycling spectacle in orange hits Brisbane – will become an annual event
Media Release After similar events in Sydney and Melbourne, an orange wave hit the inner-city bicycle paths in Brisbane on Sunday morning the 21st of November. Some 70 recreational bicycle fans, kids included came along for the ride. People had dressed themselves up as well as their bikes in orange Read more…
Events in Australia and the Netherlands
Dutchlink Golf Day: Wakehurst Golf Club Sydney 3-12-2021
Dutchlink is pleased to invite you to an afternoon of Golf which will take place at Wakehurst Golf Club on Friday 3 December 2021. Come and play in a beautiful bushland setting on a 9 hole par 72 course. Wakehurst Golf Club has a unique bushland setting allowing an opportunity Read more…
Dutch Organisations
30 Anniversary Prins Willem Alexander Village Brisbane
The Prins Willem Alexander Village celebrated its 30th anniversary on 9 November 2021. The village is operated by MiCare and provides a safe and comfortable environment for independent living. As a nod to MiCare’s Dutch background, the village reflects characteristics of a typical Dutch town or ‘dorp’. Here are some Read more…
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Scheepswrak ‘Batavia’ onthult geheimen van 17de-eeuwse scheepsbouw.
Onderzoek naar het scheepswrak van het 17de-eeuwse VOC-schip de Batavia werpt nieuw licht op de scheepsbouw van de Republiek der Nederlanden. Het wrak is in 1970 in Australië opgegraven en wordt momenteel tentoongesteld in het Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle. Een internationaal team van archeologen en dendrochnologen (specialisten in Read more…
Dutch – Australian History
Willem Paling and the villas ‘Woerden’ and ‘The Lodge’ in Stanmore, Sydney.
One of the first known Dutch immigrants to Australia was Willem Paling, born in Woerden. He arrived in Sydney in 1853 and established a famous music and entertainment business along the East Coast. His story is told here. He also became an Alderman in Petersham and its Mayor in 1881. Read more…