The following breakdown provides a comprehensive overview of completed and ongoing research projects in the field of DACC.
Allies in a Bind: Australia and the Netherlands East Indies in the Second World War
- Description: This delves into the ongoing research continuation from a 1995-1996 book, drawing from the PhD dissertation with the same title. It explores the intricate dynamics between Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Jonathan Ford
Australia Explained: A Site for Newcomers and Old Hands
- Description: An ongoing project cantered around a website aimed at helping individuals understand the complexities of Australia as a country, blending aspects of its uniqueness and challenges.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Ingeborg van Teeseling
Children Born on Ships En Route to Australia
- Description: This ongoing project examines the unique circumstances surrounding children born on ships en route to Australia.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Ingeborg van Teeseling
Dutch Club Oral History Project
- Duration: 2011
- Executor(s): Catherine Manning
- Organisation: J. D. Somerville Oral History Collection
Dutch Emigration Literature
- Description: Examines Dutch emigration literature spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on destinations such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, South America, Palestine/Israel, and the Dutch colonies.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Ton van Kalmthout
- Organisation: Universiteit Leiden, NL-Lab KNAW
Dutch Firms in Australia since 1850
- Description: A sub-project of a larger business history project, accumulating quantitative data on Dutch subsidiary firms in Australia since the 19th century.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Pierre van der Eng
- Organisation: Australian National University
Dutch Migrants to Tasmania: Motivation & Assimilation
- Description: Research focused on Dutch migrants to Tasmania, exploring motivations and assimilation processes.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Kees Wierenga
Headstones in the Carr Villa Cemetery (Launceston)
- Description: Ongoing research analysing headstone data to understand migration patterns and demographics of Dutch migrants in Tasmania.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Kees Wierenga
Hostel Stories Project
- Description: ARC-funded project examining the experiences of migrants in hostels and work camps in post-WWII South Australia.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Organisation: University of Adelaide
Immigrant Intrepreneurs
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Nonja Peters
- Organisation: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
Letters Written by the Painter J.H. Scheltema (1861-1941)
- Description: Completed project focused on the letters written by painter J.H. Scheltema after his emigration to Australia in 1888.
- Executor(s): Peter Reynders
Long-term Impact on Indigenous Minorities of the Incursion of Europe into the Indian Ocean Region from 1500s
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Nonja Peters
- Organisation: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
Migrant: Mobilities and Connection
- Description: Explores the life histories of post-war Dutch immigrants to Australia and their cultural heritage.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Marijke van Faassen, Rik Hoekstra, Ton van Kalmthout
- Organisation: Huygens Instituut KNAW
Migration Policy, Indian Skill Sets and Employment in Australia
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Nonja Peters
- Organisation: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
Research into Losses of Dutch Military/State Aircraft in Australia
- Description: Inventory of Dutch state-owned or operated aircraft lost outside the Netherlands since 1911.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Bas Kreuger
- Organisation: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
Resistance and Decolonisation in Migrant Visual Culture
- Description: Explores how migrant artists and activists negotiate colonialist structures of humanitarian visual culture.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Organisation: University of Adelaide
- Executor(s): Anna Szorenyl
Second Generation Muslim Women’s Employment Experiences
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Nonja Peters
- Organisation: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
Shaping Kingston: The Story of God’s Children in Kingston Especially Focusing on the Reformed Church from 1950 to 2010
- Description: Completed PhD research exploring the Reformed Church in Kingston from 1950 to 2010.
- Duration: Completed in 2019
- Executor(s): Kees Wierenga
Transnational Migration and Resettlement in Australia
- Description: Explores various aspects of transnational migration and resettlement in Australia with a focus on Dutch connections.
- Duration: Ongoing
- Executor(s): Nonja Peters
- Organisation: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
If you want to make contact with the researchers and/or if you have research that needs to be added to it please let us know: dutchaustraliancc@gmail.com
