Literature
Dutch authors van het Reve and their link with Australia.
Karel (1921-1999) en Gerard (1923-2006) van het Reve are two of the Netherlands most important post-WWII authors. Their mother, Net Jannetta Jacoba Doornbusch (1892-1959), simply Net, came from Almelo. Her father Kornelis worked in the textile industry and had a small farm. There were ten siblings in the family, including Read more
Dutch businesses in Australia
Willem and Johanna Krins started DA Book (now About 3 Learning)
.Willem Krins, born on 4 June 1907 in Dordrecht, he married Johanna Paulina van Roijen on 23 December 1931 in The Hague. They had at least 1 son. Willem passed away on 1 November 1980 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, at 73 years old and was buried in Templestowe Cemetery. Willem Read more
Aviation and Shipping
MS Maetsuycker: From KPM transport to wartime hospital ship.
The KPM motor ship Maetsuycker had two distinct roles during the Pacific War. After escaping from the Netherlands East Indies, she operated from Australia as a troop and supply transport supporting Allied operations in New Guinea. In 1944 she was converted into a hospital ship and began evacuating sick and Read more
Literature
Book: Vertrek by Keith Paulusse
Vertrek is a lively, wide-ranging social biography about fifteen postwar Australian-Dutch families, taking central stage is the Paulusse family. Candidly narrated by Kees Paulusse, the son of Dutch immigrants to Melbourne in the early sixties, this chronicles the family’s adventure and his own perceptions and experience. Vertrek begins on November Read more
Dutch – Australian History
Timeline of recorded ship landings 1606-1814
This is a timeline of the build-up to and recorded events of Australia’s earliest maritime history. It Includes the ‘Australia On The Map (AOTM) Landings List 1606 – 1814’ from Willem Janszoon* to Louis de Freycinet and Matthew Flinders. It is a database of concise information about landings on and Read more
Literature
Book: The Dutch Down Under
The celebrations of the first 400 years of relations between The Commonwealth of Australia and The Kingdom of The Netherlands in 2006 marked a very special and important event for both countries. The shared relationship between the two countries was first established in 1606, when the Dutch vessel Duyfken mapped Read more
Aviation and Shipping
A few Dutch connections to the 1932 Kimberley Rescue
In 1932, a daring attempt to circumnavigate the globe by air turned into a harrowing survival story for German pilot Hans Bertram and mechanic Adolph Klausmann. Their journey in the Junkers W 33 seaplane, Atlantis, registration D-1925, took an unexpected turn when they were forced to make an emergency landing Read more
Aviation and Shipping
The Vergulde Draeck – 1656 – New info added July 2024
On the night of the 28 April 1656, the Vergulde Draeck struck a submerged coral reef midway between what are now the coastal towns of Seabird and Ledge Point, Western Australia. On board were 193 crew, eight boxes of silver coins worth 78,600 guilders and trade goods to the value Read more
Literature
Book: Marooned: The Wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and the Abandonment and Escape from the Southland of Abraham Leeman in 1658 by James A Henderson
The Vergulde Draeck sailed from the Netherlands bound for Batavia. The ship foundered in 1656 at Ledge Point, near the mouth of Moore River, leaving 68 survivors stranded. In 1658, two ships were sent to attempt a rescue. Aboard one of the ships, the Waeckende Boey, was officer-navigator Abraham Leeman van Santwits. This Read more