A new book has been published about the doomed fate of the VOC ship the Batavia in 1629. In this case the historical story forms the background to fiction through the eyes of 9 year old Dutch girl Mayken. Read the review of ”The Night Ship” by Jess Kidd as published in the Australian Weekend (by Jack Stanton).
Introduction: Identity, Visibility, and Community Wim Willems’ chapter explores the neglected story of Dutch Eurasians—people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian descent—who migrated to Australia from the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) after World War II. Read more…
De Andere Nederlanders – The Other Dutch is a compelling bilingual exhibition and publication that tells the often-overlooked story of the Indo-European (Indische) community: the descendants of Dutch colonisers and local Indonesians in the former Read more…
Dutch and Australian Government Perspectives on Migration By Joed Elich Introduction: Migration and the Double Perspective Joed Elich’s research takes a rare and crucial “double perspective” approach to Dutch-Australian post-WWII migration, examining not only the Read more…