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Dutch businesses in Australia

Dutch Club of Sydney – Flying Dutchman Restaurant (1957-1962)

DACC researchers came across ‘The Dutch Club’ in Sydney. There are no records of this club, further research revealed that the Dutch Club of Sydney and the restaurant The Flying Dutchman in the City (Elizabeth Street) are always mentioned together. The restaurant was run by famous Dutchman Dick Groenteman. It Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Annual Nieuwjaarsduik in Bondi, Sydney

After a Covid initiated break of 2 years, on January I, 2023 Bondi Beach Australia turned orange again, also this year organised by Dutch Travel.   Under different climate conditions the original event in Scheveningen takes place under more severe conditions. Afterwards the participants do get erwtensoep met UNOX rookworst Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 28, 2023 ago
Archive

Dutch Art Import Committee (Dutch Consulate) – early 1900s

There is an episode in the letters from Dutch-Australian painter Jan Hendrik Scheltema (JHS) – who we discuss extensively elsewhere – where he wrote having been asked by  the Dutch Consul to become a committee member < with some title >, looking after ART to help import Dutch Art, including Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 27, 2023 ago
Migration history

Kees Lumkes imported the first tulips in Australia

Written by his daughter Wilma Summerville Kornelius Berend Lumkes  ( 26/2/1911 to 13/7/1984) son of Willem Lumkes was born in Groningen, Netherlands. His parents were old at his birth and his only sibling was 16 years older. His family were quite affluent and had a large grain farm. The house Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 18, 2023 ago
Migration history

David Groenteman Auschwitz survivor, ice hockey champion, restaurateur and Dutch community leader

Auschwitz survivor David Groenteman , born in 1923 in Amsterdam ended up as an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy In Auschwitz, where he had to carry away corpses, bury them and scoop coal for twelve hours in the bitter cold. After the war he fled from those painful memories. After the Germans Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 17, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Marta Dusseldorp – Actress

Marta Dusseldorp (born 1 February 1973), the granddaughter of Dick Dusseldorp, the founder of Lend Lease. Martha is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies (and its spin-off Janet King), Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home. Her story is told in the Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 14, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Akky van Ogtrop – Art Curator

Akky van Ogtrop graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, s-Hertogenbosch, TheNetherlands, majoring in printmaking, and has a Masters Degree Fine Arts, Sydney University. As a director and project manager of major arts events, Akky has worked for national andinternational arts organisations including: the Biennale of Sydney, ARTiculate Campaign, Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsJanuary 4, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

The history of the Dutch Australian Weekly

The Sydney-based Dutch Australian Weekly (DAW) was founded in 1951 by Alfred Schuurman and A. Hilbrink with the assistance of Earl White from the Cumberland Newspapers. The paper was established to serve the Dutch community in Australia, providing news, features, and information about events and issues of interest to Dutch Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 21, 2022 ago
Cultural Events and Activities

Huygens Institute – The Netherlands

The Huygens Institute aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive. It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure. The Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 4, 2022 ago
Dutch Organisations

The Brisbane Borrelclub and Borrel Boomers

The Borrelclub (a club of Dutch gin drinkers) had its foundation in 1964, when the Officer-in-Charge of the local Dutch Emigration Service, Mr Cees Mossel, invited a few prominent expatriate Dutch businessmen for an after work ‘borrel’ at his office. Business problems and experiences of Dutch immigrants became the topic Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 1, 2022 ago

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