These are photographs and Dutch Australian Weekly (DAW) newspaper clippings from the DACC archives of Sinterklaas celebrations within Australian club from the early fifties onwards.
Dutch Australian Weekly newspaper clippings
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1951-11-23-DAW-Black-Tulip-St-Nicolaasfeest-advert-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1951-11-23-DAW-Sinterklaas-in-Melbourne-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1952-11-21-DAW-ST-Nicolaas-in-Sydney-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1953-11-20-DAW-Sint-Nicolaas-Bal-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1953-11-27-DAW-NVSS-Sint-Nicolaasfeest-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1954-11-19-DAW-Sinterklaas-in-Australie-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1966-11-11-DAW-Sin-Nicolaas-Springvale-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1975-11-21-DAW-Sinterklaas-Clipper-Race-1.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1975-11-28-DAW-Sint-naar-Bankstown-1.bmp)
The DAW also used Sinterklaas to promote a subscription to the newspaper as a Sinterklaas gift
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1951-11-16-DAW-Sinterklaas-abonnement.bmp)
Information on the Dutch Australian Weekly
Dutch Australian Society in Illawarra – Toronto 28 November 1999
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1998-11-28-Toronto-0015-1024x688.jpg)
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![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1998-11-28-Toronto-0021-1024x688.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1998-11-28-Toronto-Jan-Mees-688x1024.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jan-Mees-arrives-as-Sinterklaas-1024x671.jpg)
For more info on Dutch Australian Society in Illawarra click here
Dutch Folk Dance Group
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Bankstown-Bowden-Hall-70ties--1024x710.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DFG-Bankstown-Jan-Mees-Sinterklaas-Herman-Zirkzee-accordeon-1024x686.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Folkdance-group-Sinterklaas-Bowden-Hall-Bankstown-70ties-1024x694.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1969-12-12-DAW-Sint-in-Sydney-dankzij-Volksdansers-1.bmp)
For more info on the Dutch Folk Dance Group click here
Rembrandt Club St Mary’s Sydney
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1992-12-05-Rembrandt-Sinterklaas-1024x681.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Sinterklaas-Rembrandt-1024x679.jpg)
For more info on the Rembrandt Club in St Mary’s click here.
Wilhelmina Club Sydney (no date)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0000-00-00-HELEN-KOEVOETS-SINT-JAN-GRABIJN-FRANS-BODT-VOORZ-1024x695.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0000-00-00-ROOTY-HILLS-JAN-GRABIJN-SINT-RECHTS-RIK-SEVINGA-1024x695.jpg)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0000-00-00-SINT-JAN-GRABIJN-TE-PAARD-0002-1024x740.jpg)
For more info on the Wilhelmina Club, click here.
Sinterklaas at Concordia Newcastle
For more info on Concordia Newcastle click here
Sinterklaas at the Orange Dutch Society – 1950s
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/St-Nicolaas-in-Orange-1950ties.bmp)
For more info on the Orange Dutch Society click here.
Sinterklaas at the Nederlandse Vereniging (Black Tulip) Sydney
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1951-11-23-DAW-Black-Tulip-St-Nicolaasfeest-advert-2.bmp)
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1951-11-23-DAW-Sinterklaasfeesten-Sydney-Sint-met-ferry.bmp)
For more info on the Nederlandse Vereniging click here
The Borrelclub Brisbane
![](https://dutchaustralianculturalcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/52588659964_6e71004bb9_o-1024x1024.jpg)
For more info on the Borrelcub click here
See also: Sinterklaas in Australia