Republished with permission. Chapter 16 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
In March 1948, Adolf Petrus Gerardus Mulder left the Netherlands aboard the motor ship Talisse. He was part of one of the earliest organised groups of Dutch emigrants to travel to Australia after the Second Read more
Dutch post-war migration to Australia is generally regarded as one of the major success stories of Australia’s mass immigration program. Yet migration was not always permanent. A frequently quoted figure suggests that around 25 per Read more
Ferdinand “Ferdi” Boers arrived in Australia from the Netherlands as an 18-year-old toolmaking apprentice in 1954. Although he brought translated apprenticeship papers with him, Ferdi initially had to accept work as a labourer at the Read more