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Dutch businesses in Australia

Dutch Club of Sydney – Flying Dutchman Restaurant (1957-1962)

DACC researchers came across ‘The Dutch Club’ in Sydney. There are no records of this club, further research revealed that the Dutch Club of Sydney and the restaurant The Flying Dutchman in the City (Elizabeth Street) are always mentioned together. The restaurant was run by famous Dutchman Dick Groenteman. It Read more…

By DACC, 4 daysJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Cultural Events and Activities

The Batavia and its many stories

The Batavia – 1629 The Batavia, built in Amsterdam in 1628 was the company’s new flagship, she sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia. On 4 June 1629, the Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of small islands off the coast of Western Australia. Five Read more…

By DACC, 5 daysJanuary 28, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Annual Nieuwjaarsduik in Bondi, Sydney

After a Covid initiated break of 2 years, on January I, 2023 Bondi Beach Australia turned orange again, also this year organised by Dutch Travel.   Under different climate conditions the original event in Scheveningen takes place under more severe conditions. Afterwards the participants do get erwtensoep met UNOX rookworst Read more…

By DACC, 5 daysJanuary 28, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

The history of Shell in Australia – since 1901

Shell Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Shell. Shell has operated in Australia since 1901, initially delivering bulk fuel into Australia, then establishing storage and distribution terminals, oil refineries, and a network of service stations. It extended its Australian activities to oil exploration, petrochemicals and coal mining, and became a Read more…

By DACC, 5 daysJanuary 27, 2023 ago
Archive

Dutch Art Import Committee (Dutch Consulate) – early 1900s

There is an episode in the letters from Dutch-Australian painter Jan Hendrik Scheltema (JHS) – who we discuss extensively elsewhere – where he wrote having been asked by  the Dutch Consul to become a committee member < with some title >, looking after ART to help import Dutch Art, including Read more…

By DACC, 6 daysJanuary 27, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Professor Tom Calma named Senior Australian of the Year 2023 – and his Dutch heritage

Professor Tom Calma was named Senior Australian of the Year 2023. Professor Calma became the Chancellor of the University of Canberra in January 2014.  He is an elder of the Kungarakan people and member of the Iwaidja people. He is also proud to share that his heritage is 75% Indigenous Read more…

By DACC, 6 daysJanuary 26, 2023 ago
Migration history

Kees Lumkes imported the first tulips in Australia

Written by his daughter Wilma Summerville Kornelius Berend Lumkes  ( 26/2/1911 to 13/7/1984) son of Willem Lumkes was born in Groningen, Netherlands. His parents were old at his birth and his only sibling was 16 years older. His family were quite affluent and had a large grain farm. The house Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksJanuary 18, 2023 ago
Migration history

David Groenteman Auschwitz survivor, ice hockey champion, restaurateur and Dutch community leader

Auschwitz survivor David Groenteman , born in 1923 in Amsterdam ended up as an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy In Auschwitz, where he had to carry away corpses, bury them and scoop coal for twelve hours in the bitter cold. After the war he fled from those painful memories. After the Germans Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksJanuary 17, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Marta Dusseldorp – Actress

Marta Dusseldorp (born 1 February 1973), the granddaughter of Dick Dusseldorp, the founder of Lend Lease. Martha is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies (and its spin-off Janet King), Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home. Her story is told in the Read more…

By DACC, 3 weeksJanuary 14, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Guillaume Daniel Delprat (1856-1937) Metallurgist at BHP

Guillaume Daniel Delprat was born on 1 September 1856 at Delft, son of Major General Felix Albert Theodore Delprat (1812-1888), sometime minister of war, and his wife Elisabeth Francina, née van Santen Kolff. From 1873 to 1877 he served an engineering apprenticeship in Scotland. In 1879 he married Henrietta Maria Read more…

By DACC, 3 weeksJanuary 13, 2023 ago

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