This article discusses the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music-making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. The article shows how making music together can bridge generational, gender and class differences.
Multiculturalism empowered the participants to explore their dual identity as Dutch Australians, intersecting with disability, racial_differences, age and education levels.
Emeritus Professor Peter Koopman is one of Australia’s internationally recognised developmental geneticists. His research helped identify the gene responsible for initiating male development in mammals, a discovery regarded as one of the major breakthroughs in Read more
The story of Ron Van ‘t Hag provides a particularly interesting example of how a young Dutch migrant became involved in Australian sporting life. Born in Almelo, the Netherlands, on 6 July 1940, Ron emigrated Read more
Dirk van der Veeke was born in Werkendam on 2 February 1916. He was the son of Adriaan van der Veeke, a skipper and sailor, and Pieternella Johanna Cornelia Roest. Dirk grew up in a Read more