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Archived: Bach to Bolling – Teije Hylkema and the Black Tulip jazz – performances – 2022
Bach to Bolling – Baroque Jazz Fusion Acclaimed cellist Teije Hylkema and the Black Tulip jazz trio come together to perform an uplifting baroque-jazz fusion concert. A movement of the legendary Bach suite’s is contrasted with a movement of Bolling’s Suite for cello and jazz trio, producing enchanting baroque and Read more
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia
Dutch Courier – printed newspaper for the Dutch community in Australia since 1970
The Dutch Courier was first launched in Victoria in 1970 by Max Leening on behalf of the Associated Netherlands Societies. Its goal was to unite various Dutch clubs across the region through a publication that served as an extended newsletter. Originally a Victorian-based Dutch newsletter, the Dutch Courier has since Read more
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia
Footballer Graeme Rutjes – Born in Sydney, played for Oranje
Published in the Dutch Courier March 2022 ‘I was always interested in the Australian players who came to Europe when I was playing,’ Graeme Rutjes, former Netherlands International, tells me. We’re chatting via What’s App, Graeme at the golf course he manages near Utrecht, me at home in Hobart.[1] What Read more
Cultural Events and Activities
DACC Tour – Maps of the Pacific – 5 April 2022
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Cultural Events and Activities
Exhibition Maps of the Pacific
Roland Spuij attended a guided tour by conservator Maggie Patton of the “Maps of the Pacific” in the Mitchell Library in Sydney. A brilliant exhibition of original maps going back to 1490, including the famous Tasman map of 1644 and other beautiful maps of Dutch cartographers and wonderful globes. And Read more
Cultural Events and Activities
Oma’s Coffee House and Clog Barn – Coffs Harbour
The Clog Barn is one of Coffs Harbour’s longest running tourist attractions. The business is still run by the family. There are regular demonstrations of clog making at the barn. Tom Hartsuyker and his wife Rita immigrated from the Netherlands in 1951, where they settled in Musswelbrook in the Hunter Valley. Read more
Art, Music, Film, Theatre
Biennale of Sydney: 2 Dutch contributions
Get excited as from 12 March – 13 June 2022 the 23rd Biennale of Sydney will take place: rivers, wetlands and other salt freshwater ecosystems will feature in this Biennale, titled ‘Rivus’. The Bieannale is all about the varying political awareness of dynamic living systems: Can a river sue us over psychoactive sewage? Read more
Art, Music, Film, Theatre
Dutch internet radio station Pinguin Vintage
Since February 2022, 1st Vintage radio is aired and plays 24/7 songs from the fifites, sixties and seventies (no news, no commercials) with a lot of attention to the forgotten hits, album-tracks, Billboard Hot 100 and unknown songs you’ll wonder why they didn’t make it and including a lot of Read more
Art, Music, Film, Theatre
Documentary: The Past Ended On Mango Street
The Netherlands Embassy in Canberra is delighted to announce that the documentary ‘The Past Ended on Mango Street’ funded by their Shared Cultural Heritage Programme, is now available to watch online. The film-making team of Jean-Baptiste Brelière and Thomas Watson spent 6 years making the documentary. ‘The Past Ended on Read more