Aviation and Shipping
KLM Holland Herald
Holland Herald is the inflight magazine of the Dutch airline KLM. It is the oldest inflight magazine.
Aviation and Shipping
KLM Vogelvlucht Magazines
Special magazine available free of charge in Australia and New Zealand, until the direct KLM flights to Australia ended in 2001.
Religious Activities
Dutch Australian Cultural Centre
The Centre was established in 1983 by the Federation of Dutch Associations and formed as a company limited by guarantee in 1984. The Centre was formed to establish a central organization with the following two main aims: To preserve the rich history of Dutch contact with, and immigration to, Australia; Read more…
Dutch – Australian History
Historic Maps of the explorers
Historical maps relevant to the mapping of Australia from 1521 onwards to 1814 by a great variety of European mapmakers. Most of these maps are digitally available from the National Library, Canberra. The final maps in this series are based on the map (s) by Nicholas Vallard (“Atlas”, 1547), based Read more…
Art, Music, Film, Theatre
Abel Tasman Explored Australia in 1642 and 1644
In August 1642, VOC despatched Abel Tasman and Franchoijs Visscher on a voyage of which one of the objects was to obtain knowledge of “all the totally unknown provinces of the kingdom of Beach”. This expedition used two small ships, the Heemskerck and the Zeehaen. Starting in Mauritius both ships Read more…
Dutch Organisations
Abel Tasman Village
The first document provide information on the village and its history.
Dutch Organisations
Orange Dutch Society
Prince William of Orange The City of Orange is named of Dutch Prince William of Orange who befriended Sir Thomas Mitchel when both of them served as aides-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington. As the Surveyor General of NSW Mitchell named Orange in honour of the Prince as the landscape remined him Read more…
Dutch Organisations
Concordia Dutch-Australian Society Newcastle and Districts
The following text is from a booklet published by the Federation of Netherlands Societies Ltd. in February 1985. The research for this booklet was done by Mijntje Hagen Initially, there were several small Dutch clubs in the various immigrant hostels in and around Newcastle, with Camp Greta being one of the bigger Read more…
Dutch Retail Shops
George Broekhuysen – Dutch Shop Dee Why
George Broekhuysen established a successful Dutch Shop on Pittwater Road, Dee Why, Sydney. It was a real ‘Winkel van Sinkel’ (shop of everything). He also delivered shopping on his motorbike to the many Dutch families in the area, an area also known as Little Holland. With important organisations such as Read more…
Aviation and Shipping
London to Melbourne Air Race – 1934
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place in October 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult Smith, and the prize money of £15,000 was provided by Sir Read more…