When I was 4 years old, my parents decided to leave Holland and go to the Dutch East Indies. That was in 1947. My father had a Doctorate in Eastern Linguistics and had better employment opportunities there than in the Netherlands so soon after the War. And so my parents Read more
Cora Baldock Emeritus Professor– Murdoch University, Western Australia Name: Cora Baldock (nee Vellekoop) Born: 16 December 1935, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Date of arrival in Australia: 31 December 1974 Naturalisation: 13 December 1983, Perth WA Currently living: Perth, Western Australia Qualifications and training: Masters degree in sociology and undergraduate degree in Read more
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) office in Perth holds inwards and outwards passenger lists for the port of Fremantle and other ports in Western Australia – including Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Cossack, Derby, Geraldton, Onslow and Port Hedland, Point Sampson and Wyndham and Perth airports. As Fremantle was Read more
Post-war Dutch and other migration to Australia 1945 – 1970 Presentation by: Dr Nonja Peters Date: 28 September – 2 October 2011 Danish Emigration Archives and Utzon Center Aalborg, Denmark. Migration History Matters Association of European Migration Institutions (AEMI) Annual Meeting and Conference This presentation looks at how local, national Read more
Memories of my father, Captain Adrianus Cornelis Marinus (Hoffie) Hofman Born: Velsen Holland Date of Birth: 26 Sept 1898 Died: October 1971 Profession: KPM Ship’s Master/Captain Training: Merchant Navy School, The Netherlands Arrival in the Netherlands East Indies: 1918 Awards: War Remembrance Cross with a bar for Merchant Marine War Service Read more
Presentation by: Dr Nonja Peters Date: 18 October 2011 Venue: Maritime Archeological Association of Western Australia How did the earth’s peoples, cultures, economies, and polities become so closely interconnected? When did our world become ‘global’ and what vital role did Asia and Africa play at the centre of this new international Read more
Dutch history in Australia is characterized by their maritime, military, migration and mercantile presence in Australia since 1606 Dutch Maritime History The Dutch have at various times had strong maritime, military, migrant or mercantile connections with Australia and Australians. This connection began in March 1606, in Wik country near what Read more
Dutch Maritime History Mariners, merchants and passengers on ships belonging to the Dutch Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie [VOC] (East Indies Company), were the first recorded Europeans to step foot on Australian soil, mainly by chance, while in pursuit of the spice trade, and largely because the instruments used to determine Read more
Dutch Mercantile History The economic integration of Dutch migrants in Australia Driven mostly by the desire to improve their material position Dutch migrants embraced Australia’s booming economy. War-boosted, the prolific job market engendered gave them purchasing power beyond belief, compared to the Netherlands economy they left behind. Their resettlement was also Read more
Dutch diaspora to Australia Since 1606 the Dutch have at various times had strong maritime, military or immigration connections with Australia. The focus of this history is the period from 1947 to 1970, when the Commonwealth Government deliberately set about enticing emigrants to Australia for security, to reverse population stagnation, Read more