In her book Zoals het leven komt, Dutch author Michelle Visser explores family secrets and their impact on family relationships, and Dutch migration to Australia after the Second World War. The book was published in Read more
Early life in the Netherlands Cornelis Antonie de Jong was born in 1916 in Asperen, a small rural town along the river Linge. He grew up in a family marked by poverty, limited formal education, Read more
A Dutch-Australian gateway to post-war settlement Between 1948 and 1952, the former army camp at Kelso near Bathurst operated as one of Australia’s largest migrant reception and training centres. Originally constructed during the Second World Read more