Military and Political History

Australia in the Huygens source collection on Dutch–Indonesian relations, 1945–1949

A major source for the transition from wartime cooperation to Indonesian independence The Huygens Institute’s digital publication Officiële Bescheiden betreffende de Nederlands-Indonesische betrekkingen 1945–1950 contains a substantial body of primary material relating to Australia. The Huygens Institute is the DACC’s principal research partner in the Netherlands. The two organisations collaborate Read more

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Dual nationality: what the Dutch rules mean for Australians of Dutch origin – Dutch Parliament to discuss this in December.

Information checked on 9 October 2026. For Dutch migrants in Australia, becoming an Australian citizen can raise a difficult question: will they retain their Dutch nationality? Australia permits dual citizenship, but Dutch law generally provides for automatic loss of Dutch nationality when an adult voluntarily acquires another nationality. There are, Read more

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No. 119 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF: the Dutch bomber squadron that never became operational

Plans for a second Dutch bomber squadron No. 119 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF was formed in Canberra in September 1943 as a proposed second Dutch–Australian B-25 Mitchell bomber squadron. It was intended to reinforce No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF and expand Dutch participation in Allied air operations Read more

By DACC, ago

Dutch military and civil organisations in Australia after the fall of the Netherlands East Indies, March–April 1942

The Japanese conquest of the Netherlands East Indies in early 1942 brought a sudden and initially uncoordinated movement of Dutch and Indonesian military personnel, government officials, merchant seamen, civilian aircrew and refugees to Australia. Most members of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army—the KNIL—were captured when Java surrendered. Nevertheless, a Read more

By DACC, ago