The link below is a PowerPoint presentation from Dr. Nonja Peters – 2023
See also:
The 18 Netherlands East Indies Squadron RAAF
Stories of the Dutch WWII submarines in Australia
Dutch at WWII Camp Columbia Brisbane 1944 – 1947
Dutch merchant fleet delivered major contribution to the war in the Pacific.
Hospital ship Oranje looked after more than 30.000 wounded soldiers
Early Dutch claims set the framework When the Australian colonies began to look northward in the late nineteenth century, the island of New Guinea was not an unclaimed space. The Netherlands had already laid claim Read more
Indonesian political prisoners and colonial repression The story of Indonesian nationalist Mohamad Bondan reflects a largely overlooked chapter in the shared wartime history of Indonesia, the Netherlands and Australia. His experiences illustrate how the upheavals Read more
The academic paper below by Nonja Peters and colleagues presents a focused and interdisciplinary investigation into one of the most intriguing and debated aspects of early Dutch–Australian history: the possibility that marooned sailors from the Read more