Dutch Media
Video – The City of Jakarta (Batavia), before 1935 – Tempo Doeloe Jakarta
Explore Batavia, (now Jakarta(, in the years before independence, and travel through the streets of this fabled city, experiencing the sights and sounds of a city lost in another time. This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
Dutch Media
SBS Video – Peter FitzSimons Talks Batavia
SBS Video – Peter FitzSimons at SBS Radio/Dutch about his book Batavia 29-3-2011 SBS Video – Peter FitzSimons on SBS Radio about the Batavia’s significance 5-4-2011 If a Dutch fort and gallows were the first permanent European structures on Australian soil – why aren’t the Dutch granted a more prominent Read more
Dutch Media
Video – Hollandia 1960 -1962 Nederlands Nieuw Guinea
This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub. Hollandia – Dutch New Guinea This a a brief summary of the Dutch book: Een laatkoloniaal experiment (A late colonial experiment) by author Karel Davids). In 1962, the Netherlands reluctantly Read more
Dutch Media
SBS Video – First contact memorial the Duyfken – 30-5-2013
The “First Contact Memorial” was unveiled in Mapoon (QLD) on 27 May 2013 by Australian and Dutch officials. It was the first point of contact for Europeans and Aboriginal people in 1606 which ended badly. In three years time (2016) we will be remembering the voyage of Dirk Hartog to Read more
Dutch Media
70th anniversary of the Broome Air Raid – 2012
3 March 1942, the Japanese attack on Broome. 70 years later the WA government, Federal Australian, Dutch and American governments honour the fallen and survivors. SBS Video 7-3-2017 This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub. At the Read more
Aviation and Shipping
Misprint in Indonesian independence and KLM stamps
This is an interesting Indonesian stamp album. It is commemorating the first anniversary of the Indonesian revolutionaries declaration of independence in 1945 on the 17th of august. The album is more a public relations and propaganda exercise than a philatelic one. There is an interesting angle in that there is Read more
Aviation and Shipping
The Dutch at Archerfield Airport, Brisbane
Australian and Dutch history meet at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane. During WWII this airfield played a critical role for the Dutch military who, after the Japanese armed forces occupied the Dutch colony of Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia) to neighboring Australia. Over 20.000 people from NEI evacuated to Australia. Poor Read more
Maritime History
British expansion in Australia threatened Dutch ports in the East Indies.
At the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Britain together with its other allies defeated France. After the victory Britain went on for another 100 years of being the global superpower. However, during that period it remained very fearful of France and a range of minor wars were fought during the Read more
Archive
Dutch Australian History – Dutch East Indies and WWII
This essay will discuss historical events during and shortly after WWII that brought Australia, the Netherlands and the emerging country of Indonesia together in a complex and often messy set of international affairs.