Petronella Jacoba Wensing (née Goderie) was born on January 22, 1924, in Teteringen, the Netherlands, as the fourteenth of seventeen children. In 1948, she married Michael Wensing, a skilled painter and signwriter. Facing post-war challenges in the Netherlands, the couple decided to migrate to Australia. They departed from Rotterdam aboard Read more
Van gekken, schommels en stille gezichten… curator Hendrik Kolenberg legt uit aan Anneke Boudewijn wat deze schetsen zo bijzonder maakt en waarom ze ook vandaag nog relevant zijn. This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
When I was 4 years old, my parents decided to leave Holland and go to the Dutch East Indies. That was in 1947. My father had a Doctorate in Eastern Linguistics and had better employment opportunities there than in the Netherlands so soon after the War. And so my parents Read more