The Elwood Dutch Playgroup Hello and welcome! This is how every meeting of the Elwood Dutch playgroup based in Melbourne, Australia, commences: a warm welcome expressed to all in song. The main objective of the group is to teach the children (ages ranging from 0 – 4) the Dutch language Read more
Past History DUTCHCARE LTD to 2016 DutchCare Ltd’s Directors’ & CEO Profiles. These profiles have been prepared from the resumes submitted by each of the directors. DUTCHCARE LTD DutchCare Ltd’s Directors’ & CEO Profiles. These profiles have been prepared from the resumes submitted by each of the directors. Mr Menno Read more
Cor Frederiks Cornelis Frederiks, who prefers to be addressed as Cor, is a down-to-earth, sprightly and quick-witted 86-year-old businessman, scholar, author, investor, art collector and company director with a flourishing accounting practice in Cleveland, a sea-side suburb of Brisbane. Cor insists he is not retired and he still attends his Read more
Dick van Leer, People Lover and Entrepreneur Not long ago, a book was published about Dick under the title The Incredible Life of Dick van Leer. This very readable account of Dick’s life, a family history really, written jointly with Aubrey Cohen, starts with his birth in 1922 in Surabaya, Read more
Rene De Kok Horticulurist, Western Australia I was born 22/8/51 in Den Haag, Netherlands, where I studied horticulture being the fifth generation to do so. After my studies I travelled the world for approx. 6 years. During this period I worked in the offshore oil industry. In 1975 I married Read more
Gerada Baremans: quilter and textile artist I was born in the Netherlands on 8 April 1937, the eldest of five girls. I was only two years old, when war broke out. My childhood was not free and easy as my mother had three girls between 1937 and 1940. She would constantly Read more
Marijke Greenway, renowned artist and former world-class trampolinist Marijke Greenway is an achiever, in different countries, South Africa and Australia, and in quite different fields. Her story is exceptional in many ways. She was born in the Netherlands in 1943, in Halfweg/Zwanenburg, close to Amsterdam, the fourth child of six Read more
John Mutsaers I was born in Eindhoven in Noord Brabant in 1942. I am the only son among five daughters, three older and two younger than I. Being a family with only six children was small in our neighborhood, twelve and fourteen were more common. My father was a bus driver Read more
Marty Rhone Entertainer and singer Born: Karel van Rhoon, Surabaya in Java, Indonesia, 7 May 1948 Year of arrival in Australia: 1950 Arrival: Qantas Constellation. Now living: Sydney Awards and recognition: Gold record for recording ‘Denim & Lace’; Winner, Outstanding Performance Award at World Popular Song Festival, Tokyo 1976; FAMI Read more
Sinterklaas From ‘The Artist’s View,’ a column written by Petrus Spronk for his local newspaper. From ‘The Artist’s View,’ a column written by Petrus Spronk for his local newspaper. At the time of writing, the fifth of December, I pause to remember and momentarily celebrate what was once an important Read more