Blue monolith by Hans Hofmann. One of the highlights of the exhibition America Painting a nation, here with Curator Hendrik Kolenberg. This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
The Dutchies came out in force today to support the Sydney Spring Cycle 2014. The 200 men/women /children strong Orange team cycled an easy 15 km around the Harbour and over the Harbour Bridge . This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go Read more…
Kolenberg was Senior Curator of Australian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours at the Art Gallery of NSW from 1989 to 2012. Roofscapes represents a continuation of a decades-long obsession for Hendrik Kolenberg, the obsession of moving about, looking, and drawing/painting that which he sees. It is an obsession that began in Read more…
Jonathan Sanders, is Area Manager for part of NSW national parks and an expert on Scheyville . He is a great spokesperson for the place and its history. He visited the Dutch SBS Radio program to talk about the background to the upcoming reunion on 15 May. This is a Read more…
Dutch broadcaster Yvonne Davis is well-known for the tasty Dutch sausage rolls she brings into the office. She sat down with her Sydney colleague to tell her how to make them. Here is short “Howto” video to show the steps she takes. This is a YouTube video. After playing the Read more…
This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub. Hollandia – Dutch New Guinea This a a brief summary of the Dutch book: Een laatkoloniaal experiment (A late colonial experiment) by author Karel Davids). In 1962, the Netherlands reluctantly Read more…
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For many years it was a forgotten day in the Dutch and Australian history books.This year a few of the survivors of the Japanese attack on Broome harbour revisted Broome for the first time. They came from far to remember that fateful day when 88 people people died in Broome Read more…
For an easy recipe to make Geert’s Dutch shortbread bikkies go to: www.sbs.com.au/dutch This is a YouTube video. After playing the video, press the return button to go back to the DACC Hub.
The “First Contact Memorial” was unveiled in Mapoon (QLD) on 27 May 2013 by Australian and Dutch officials. It was the first point of contact for Europeans and Aboriginal people in 1606 which ended badly. In three years time (2016) we will be remembering the voyage of Dirk Hartog to Read more…