‘Murriland! #1” 2015-2017 – an oil on canvass painting by Gordon Hookey about the colonialisation of Australia at the HOA Gallery at the Gold Coast. The painting directly speaks to the British cocolonisation of Queensland. ‘Murri’ is a broad term used to encapsulate all Aboriginal people of Queensland. Gordon Hookey’s Read more…
The Dutch Australian Cultural Centre was founded in 1983 and gives as its aims and objectives in its mission statement, the collection, preservation, promotion and dissemination of Dutch culture and heritage in Australia. The Centre immediately started the collection of material for the archives and Library and now, after almost Read more…
SWELL Sculpture Festival (SWELL) is a multifaceted arts organisation that connects people, art, and place, based in Currumbin, Gold Coast, Queensland. Since 2003 SWELL has exhibited 873 Sculptures in the main exhibition on Currumbin Beach with a portfolio value worth $15.5M. Angela van Boxtel is a Dutch, Queensland based Artist. Read more…
Bob Color is an Amsterdam based singer/entertainer with a long career since 1987. Nowadays he works every European winter in Thailand This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
Bicycle Network’s NSW manager met this week with Dutch Consul-General Drs Willem Cosijn in Sydney to discuss the growth of bike riding across New South Wales. This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
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…
SBS broadcaster Yvon Davis has over the years perfected her Dutch muffins. . Dutch apple cakes and tarts are well known but how about this Dutch variation of a muffin – apple and cinnamon are the most important ingredients for this delicious muffin. For more Dutch recipes visit www.sbs.com.au/dutch or 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.
Een klein overzicht van SBSDutch in 2013. Stonden we er niet gekleurd op met de 15 meter hoge NL badkuip eend in Darling Harbour? Jaren werd er gewerkt aan de poppen voor de tentoonstelling Echos of the Past. In Melbourne ging de reizende tentoonstelling Anne Frank in premiere. De NL Read more…
15 May 2011 @ Scheyville 100 years of this location will be celebrated. I was there briefly, as a Dutch-born immigrant. So was Carla Moore, who wrote a play about this and spoke to Anneke Boudewijn, of SBS Radio, Dutch program. While my parents’ experiences in the occupied Netherlands, during Read more…