Republished with permission. Chapter 28 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
Ferdi Boers—from Dutch apprentice to leading hand and community musician in Orange
Ferdinand “Ferdi” Boers arrived in Australia from the Netherlands as an 18-year-old toolmaking apprentice in 1954. Although he brought translated apprenticeship papers with him, Ferdi initially had to accept work as a labourer at the Read more