Scroll down and a map shows up with New Guinea connected to Australia but a small missing part on that map shows where in this perspective the Torres Strait could have been.
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The Colonial Warship the Doerga explored northern Australia (1825-1826)
Dutch Explorers in the Gulf of Carpentaria
First contact between the Dutch and the Aboriginal People
Scroll down to read the announcement in Dutch. The Dutch Australian Cultural Centre (DACC) is pleased to announce the beginning of a collaborative relationship with the Online Indisch Museum in the Netherlands, creating a new Read more
For centuries the Dutch connection with Australia has largely been told through stories of exploration, trade and shipwrecks. Dutch navigators were the first Europeans to chart much of Australia’s coastline, leaving traces of their journeys Read more
When we think about the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) Government-in-Exile during the Second World War, our attention naturally turns to Camp Columbia, the Dutch administration at Wacolin Brisbane and the military activities at Archerfield. These Read more