We are excited to share with you our latest website statistics, which serve as a resounding vote of confidence in the digital strategy we embarked upon four years ago. This snapshot, taken on July 7th, offers a comprehensive overview of our website’s performance over the past 28 days.

Your continued support has been instrumental in our success, and we invite you to spread the good news to others as we strive to further expand our reach. Thank you for being part of our journey towards greater growth and impact.

Google Analytics Website Traffic Overview

  • Total Individual Users: 5,500
    • New Users: 5,400 (excluding known bots)
  • Year-to-Date (YTD) Total Users: 34,000
    • Returning Users: 3,700 (10.9% of total YTD users)

Growth Analysis

  • Six Months Ago: Average of 2,500 – 3,000 visitors per month
  • Recent Growth: Significant increase in traffic over this period

Traffic Sources

  • Organic Search (searching the internet and coming across us): 3,700 users
  • Direct (from our e-newsletter): 900 users
  • Organic Social (e.g., from Facebook): 600 users
  • Referrals from other sites: 200 users
  • Unknown: 100 users

Geographic Distribution (Top Countries)

  • Australia: 4,000 users
  • Netherlands: 351 users
  • United States: 339 users
  • Canada: 107 users
  • United Kingdom: 105 users
  • Indonesia: 87 users
  • New Zealand: 87 users

User Engagement

Sessions indicates how many people from those groups above are actively browsing through our website/scrolling through articles.

  • Total Sessions: 5,900 over 30 days, 1,200 over the last week, 163 over the last day
  • Pages Viewed: 11,000
  • Browsing Activities (Engaged Users): 7,200
  • File Downloads: 194

This summary highlights positive trends in traffic growth, strong user engagement, and diverse sources of traffic, emphasising the effectiveness of our website’s content and outreach strategies

Top ten articles/pagesViewsUsersViews per userAverage engagement time
Homepage4002631.5222s
Dutch immigrant ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt3262151.512m 2s
First contact between the Dutch and the Aboriginal People2582051.261m 20s
Where to find Shipping Lists – Passenger arrival records?2151541.4016s
Contact page131961.361m 5s
Personal stories124961.2921s
About DACC122791.5452s
Dutch immigrant ships to Australia113741.5338s
New Holland the name for Australia from 1644-1824111941.181m 0s
Dutch immigration to Australia, history, stats and other resources108681.591m 14s