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Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Almar Zaadstra – Painter of Australian history

Almar Zaadstra is an Australian artist based in Casterton, Victoria. Almar arrived in Australia at the age of 6 in 1966, the 4th of six children born to Sake and Ytje . They left Oudega in Friesland , Netherlands,  to give their boys a brighter future in a new country, Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsOctober 5, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Master Lithographer Fred Genis- first celebrity printer in Australia.

Fred Genis (1934 Amersfoort, Netherlands – 2022 Mullumbimby, Australia) was a Master Lithographer and the first celebrity printer in Australia. Genis was a partner in the Hollanders Workshop in New York in the late 60’s, early 70’s, working with artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Willem De Kooning, Sam Francis, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsOctober 3, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Amazing drawings from Timor fighter Richard Bartman who drowned at the sinking of the HMAS Armidale (1942).

By Gerard van Haren Richard was born on January 3, 1913, in Probolinggo, situated on the island of Java. He held the position of a militia sergeant, bearing the title tkl (2nd class), and was identified by pedigree number 13613. On December 15, 1941, he received his assignment for the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsOctober 3, 2023 ago
Dutch Organisations

Clogball: Remembering the 38 Dutch football clubs of Australia

From the book Clogball – The Dutch and Soccer in Australia. A migrant Story. By Adam Muyt If you think the Dutch have never won a World Cup you’re mistaken: Holland won a World Cup back in the 1950s. Huh? More than 1.25 million European immigrants poured into Australia in the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 29, 2023 ago
Literature

Sam Roggeveen – Director Lowy Institute

Sam Roggeveen was born in the Netherlands and emigrated with his family to Australia when he was seven years old. Before joining the Lowy Institute, Sam was a senior strategic analyst in Australia’s peak intelligence agency, the Office of National Assessments, where his work dealt mainly with North Asian strategic Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 28, 2023 ago
Military and Political History

‘The Apron’ story – from a Japanese WWII Camp, to the Australian War Memorial

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 13, 2023 ago
Migration history

Dutch Jewish refugees met again in Australia

Article about Ruben Rubens and Bob van Ameringen. They were friends in the Netherlands before WWII when their lives were disrupted. They became refugees but eventually, separately, settled in Australia. Here after 50 years they met each other again for the first time.

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 9, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dutch-Australian painter Henricus van den Houten (1801-1879)

Henricus Leonardus van den Houten (The Hague 1801- Melbourne 1879) was a Dutch-Australian painter, lithographer, and art teacher. He developed a passion for art at a young age. He studied painting and honed his skills under the guidance of renowned Dutch artists, specialising on portrait paintings. He worked in Leiden, Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 7, 2023 ago
Archive

Archive Nederlandse Vereening in NSW

Main article Nederlandse Vereeniging in NSW This is one of the very first Dutch Clubs in Australia, established in 1944.

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 6, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Dr. Sir Hendrik Johan Rutgers (1917-1997)

Gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog was Henk verzetsstrijder tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Nederland. Na de oorlog werd hij uitgezonden naar Batavia in het voormalige Nederlands Indie als Officier van Justitie bij de berechting van Japanse oorlogsmisdadigers. Hij ontmoette daar voor het eerst Dick van Arkel. Beiden realiseerden dat Australia hen Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsSeptember 6, 2023 ago

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