Republished with permission. Chapter 2 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
At the turn of the 20th century, as Australia’s ports and rivers underwent significant development to support growing trade and migration, Dutch engineering quietly played a foundational role. Central to this was the Dutch firm Read more…
John “Dutchy” de Vos served as the bosun (bootsman) aboard the barque Garthneill, a steel-hulled, three-masted sailing ship originally built in 1895 in Glasgow as Inverneill. After its sale and renaming in 1921, the Garthneill Read more…
By Peter Reynders First published by the Dutch Courier in July 2025 With the recent name change of the Mexican Gulf, it became even more interesting to me to look at the process of some Read more…