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Dutch – Australian History

Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dr. Edward Duyker, historian, author.

Dr Edward Duyker was born in 1955  to a father from the Netherlands and a mother from Mauritius. His mother has ancestors from Cornwall who emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1849. Edward’s father Herman, was born in Schaesberg, Limburg and emigrated to Australia in 1950 and arrived here on Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsFebruary 18, 2023 ago
Dutch – Australian History

The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command – 1942

The American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command, or ABDACOM, was a short-lived, supreme command for all Allied forces in Southeast Asia, the area also included the supply port of Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia.  ABDA had been established  at Bandung, Java on 10 January 1942 and became operational following the declaration of war Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsFebruary 13, 2023 ago
Literature

From Dutch cookies to lecturing and writing books – the immigration story of the family Ruijs

By Susanne Ruijs I arrived with my family in Australia in July 1980. Our family consisted of my husband Hein and me and our four children Eva (12), Saskia (11), Thomas (9) and Christine (6). Hein had been offered a position as lecturer in Hospitality at the then Agricultural College Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsFebruary 9, 2023 ago
Military and Political History

Dutch Commandos – WWII Intelligence Service – Born in Australia

Introduction The Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was a Dutch military intelligence service during and after World War II. The purpose of the NEFIS was initially to collect intelligence for the Allied forces with regard to the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) that was occupied by Japan. It operated from Melbourne Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsFebruary 8, 2023 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Evert Herman van Hummel survived a Catalina Crash in 1945

Evert van Hummel was born in Baarn in the Netherlands on 29 January 1916. Evert Herman Van Hummel (some called him Evert others called him Herman) left high school at the age of 15, because he was fascinated by engines. He first worked as an apprentice car mechanic at a Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsFebruary 5, 2023 ago
Migration history

70 years since the 1953 North Sea Flood ‘Watersnoodramp’

Just as there have been extreme weather events in Australia last year carrying over into this year resulting in devastating floods over large areas of Australia resulting in  loss of life, livelihood and billions of dollars’ worth of damage to property and infrastructure, so there was seventy years ago an Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Jan Hendrik Scheltema Dutch-Australian Painter (1861-1941)

Two Dutchmen, both passed way, members of the same extended family, yet three generations apart, made a noticeable contribution to Australian culture, by just going about their business. The artist Jan Hendrik Scheltema migrated here in the 19th century, and the other was his great-nephew Cas Jeekel, who just visited Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Aviation and Shipping

The fascinating history of the DC3 Wielewaal (1937-now)

It was the 67th DC-3 (model Douglas DC-3-194B. c/n 1944) to be completed by the Douglas factory in California. It was the 10th DC3 purchased by KLM for the route Amsterdam-Batavia and received the name ‘Wielewaal’ (Golden Oriole). Initial registration sign: VH-ANR. The aircraft was flown from Santa Monica to Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Military and Political History

WWII Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service – Operating from Australia

Dutch Navy and Army Intelligence Service – 1941 The Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was a Dutch military intelligence service during and after World War II. The purpose of the NEFIS was initially to collect intelligence for the Allied forces with regard to the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) that was Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
Military and Political History

Looking for information on military ancestors

Bent u op zoek naar informatie over uw militaire voorouder? Bent u op zoek naar gegevens over uw militaire voorouder? Als deze heeft gediend in de Nederlandse krijgsmacht dan is er altijd een militair persoonsdossier (Staat van Dienst). Om deze Staat van Dienst op te vragen moet u weten bij Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago

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