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Migration history

Migration Museum Rotterdam – opens in 2024

The museum is based in the Fenix warehouse at the waterfront on Katendrecht. It was built in 1923. At that time it was the largest warehouse in the world. The new FENIX is more than a museum it is a cultural location in Rotterdam. From its quays millions of Europeans Read more…

By DACC, 6 daysMay 15, 2022 ago
Maritime History

Dutch merchant fleet delivered major contribution to the war in the Pacific.

Dr Jack Ford wrote an extensive history of the Dutch war effort in the South West Pacific. He published this in: Allies in Bind: Australia and the Netherlands East Indies relations during World War Two. He also wrote a number of articles on this history, below the one on the Read more…

By DACC, 6 daysMay 15, 2022 ago
Migration history

Beppe Goote – ‘Dutch Mayor’ at Wacol, Brisbane

Hans and (Luberta) Beppe Goote migrated from Indonesia to Australia in 1956 after Indonesia nationalised all Dutch assets. The Goote family worked on a Dutch-owned tea plantation in Indonesia. They had the following children: Henny, Meika, Josje, Hans (jnr) and Conny. That is oldest to youngest. Hans (snr), Beppe and Read more…

By DACC, 1 weekMay 12, 2022 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dutch contribution at Sydney VIVID

Sydney Vivid is back in 2022. After two years of cancellations due to Covid, we can look forward to Sydney VIVID 2022 which will take place from the 27th of May until the 18th of June. For 23 days the festival will connect Sydney to light artists, music makers, brilliant thinkers and Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksMay 10, 2022 ago
Maritime History

Stories of the Dutch WWII submarines in Australia

There are several memorials in Australia that mention the activities of Dutch submarines in the Australian waters. These submarines played an import role during the Battles of Singapore and Malaya. In the first few weeks of the was in the East they sank more Japanese boats that the Brits and Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksMay 5, 2022 ago
Migration history

Auschwitz survivor David Groenteman fled to Australia.

In Auschwitz, David Groenteman, as an eighteen-year-old boy, had to carry away corpses, bury them and scoop coal for twelve hours in the bitter cold. After the war he fled from the painful memories. In Australia he built a new life. But he learned that the aftermath of the war Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksMay 5, 2022 ago
Book Library

Novel – “Anneke: Breda to Brisbane” – Dr Alexandra Faulkner

The novel is about the experiences of Dutch immigrants in Australia from the 1950s to the 8os. The themes in this novel include, to various degree, immigration, identity, indigenous issues, the White Australian policy, women’s friendships, the institute of marriage and same sex relationships. This is the blurb of the Read more…

By DACC, 3 weeksMay 2, 2022 ago
News and Updates

Koningsdag – Kingsday – Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne

Official Reception – Canberra – Wednesday 27 April Ter gelegenheid van de verjaardag van Zijne Majesteit Koning Willem-Alexander nodigt de ambassadeur van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Marion Derckx alle Nederlanders vanaf 18 jaar, woonachtig in Australië, uit voor een receptie op de residentie in Canberra.De receptie vindt plaats op woensdag Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksApril 23, 2022 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

John van Lieshout the first Dutch-born billionaire in Australia

John (Jan) was born in the Netherlands in 1946. The family of 13 – headed by father Karel and mother Anna – emigrated to Australia in 1960 initially settling at Brisbane’s Wacol Migrant Camp. Karel Van Lieshout, was a plasterer and John had an early but unsuccessful stint in the Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksApril 22, 2022 ago
Cultural Events and Activities

Netherlands Ambassador will visit the heritage site of Camp Columbia in Brisbane

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Australia, H.E. Mrs Marion Derckx will at her official visit to Brisbane attend an information event at the site of the former Camp Columbia at Wacol, Brisbane. It was here that the Netherlands East Indies Government-in-Exile had its headquarters during WWII. Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksApril 22, 2022 ago

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