Researched by Ruby Todorovski, researcher at the University of Queensland.
Source: National Archives of Australia.
Netherlands East Indies Commission for Australia and New Zealand
Netherlands East Indies Government-in-Exile in Australia (1944-1946)
Netherlands Forces in Australia WWII
Evacuees from Netherlands East Indies recuperating in Australia after WWII
Migration and Repatriation issues after the liberation of NEI
The Japanese conquest of the Netherlands East Indies in early 1942 brought a sudden and initially uncoordinated movement of Dutch and Indonesian military personnel, government officials, merchant seamen, civilian aircrew and refugees to Australia. Most Read more
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