Richard Kuipers from Tiel came to Australia in the sixties with a few guilders in his pocket but a burning desire to own his own business.
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Zwier Albertus ‘Alby’ Mangels was born in the Netherlands on 16 November 1948. In 1955, he migrated to Australia with his parents and siblings as part of the large post-war wave of Dutch migration. The Read more
The following text is from a booklet published by the Federation of Netherlands Societies Ltd. in February 1985. The research for this booklet was done by Mijntje Hage Initially, there were several small Dutch clubs in the Read more
This document presents a first-hand civilian account of work at Archerfield Aerodrome in Brisbane during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years, with particular relevance to the Dutch and Netherlands East Indies presence Read more