Republished with permission. Chapter 11 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
Australian newspapers report Dutch East Indies support for Britain During 1940, as Britain faced German air attacks, communities across the British Empire and beyond organised fundraising campaigns to help finance Spitfire fighter aircraft for the Read more
Cambridge Scholars Publishing In The Christian Slaves of Depok: A Colonial Tale Unravels, historian Dr Nonja Peters examines the little-known history of Depok, a community near Batavia (present-day Jakarta), whose origins are closely associated with Read more
Biography Dr Nonja Yvonne Huberta Maria Peters is a Dutch-born Australian historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher whose work has made a significant contribution to the understanding and preservation of Dutch-Australian history. Her research Read more