15 May 2011 @ Scheyville 100 years of this location will be celebrated. I was there briefly, as a Dutch-born immigrant. So was Carla Moore, who wrote a play about this and spoke to Anneke Boudewijn, of SBS Radio, Dutch program. While my parents’ experiences in the occupied Netherlands, during Read more…
Jonathan Sanders, is Area Manager for part of NSW national parks and an expert on Scheyville . He is a great spokesperson for the place and its history. He visited the Dutch SBS Radio program to talk about the background to the upcoming reunion on 15 May. This is a Read more…
Dutch folkdancing teacher Andre van de Plas travels once a year to Australia to teach in all the major cities. In Canberra the class was named in honour of 400 years Dirk Hartog. This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to Read more…
Dutch-born and UK-raised, 52-year-old Weimar’s professional life has been built on understanding and managing the movement of people and resolving logistical roadblocks. Having spent years as a leading transport planner in Britain – most recently as chief operating officer (policing and enforcement) at Transport for London and chief operating officer Read more…
Mr. Robert Borsak, Chair, Inquiry into NSW Museums and Galleries, Legislative Council, NSW Government, Parliament House, Sydney. 8th July 2016 Dear Mr. Borsak, We are making a submission to this Inquiry. Our understanding is that the Inquiry will address the question of the location of Powerhouse Museum and will Read more…
Dear NSW Government Planners, We registered our interest in your 2019 plans and three of our DACC committee attended a tour and explanations by a team of the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation in January 2019. The team did an excellent job and we were impressed and hopeful that our suggestion Read more…
In 1995 the Dutch Australian Cultural Centre organised a 50 year liberation in the Dutch East Indies commemoration at their premises in the Abel Tasman Village (ATV) at Chester Hill. Several weeks later the DAW published a double page spread review of several commemorations around the country including the one Read more…