Article about Ruben Rubens and Bob van Ameringen. They were friends in the Netherlands before WWII when their lives were disrupted. They became refugees but eventually, separately, settled in Australia. Here after 50 years they met each other again for the first time.
Introduction The Cornelis Uidam Collection brings together newspaper reports, official migration records, church publications, lectures, radio talks, photographs and family material documenting the life and work of the Reverend Cornelis ‘Cor’ Uidam (1924–2005). Uidam came Read more
The Zuiderkruis was one of three former American Victory ships acquired by the Dutch Government after the Second World War. Together with the Groote Beer and Waterman, she became part of the Kleine Drie—the “Little Read more
The ships that carried a generation to a new homeland During the decades following the Second World War, tens of thousands of Dutch emigrants travelled by sea to begin new lives in Australia. Their journeys Read more