The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has a very extensive archive in relation to the Netherlands . Their archives only contain documents from government sources. The DACC collects private collections and private stories so the combination is complementary.
The following article is republished with permission. Chapter 38 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
Introduction chapters of the book: Touch of Dutch
English introduction for the Dutch PDF below This Dutch-language document, De verkenningsmissie, Party Lion, van Rob Hees (1901–1942), details the story of Rob Hees, a reserve first lieutenant in the KNIL and civil engineer, who Read more…
Hendrik Johan de Haas was born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on 28 November 1904, the son of Jozef Hendrik de Haas and Johanna Frederika Susanna Jostein. He married Hendrina Maria van der Meer Mohr in Read more…
By Dr Nonja Peters This paper examines the complex experiences of Dutch, Eurasian, and Indonesian evacuees who fled the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands East Indies during the Pacific War and found temporary refuge in Read more…