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Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia

Peter Herweynen – From Canadian chocolate to Antarctic builder

When he was 18 years old, Jan van Herweynen was asked by his father to travel to Tasmania, purchase a piece of land and begin building a house. Jan was accompanied by his cousin Bob Brinkman and the sister of his mother, Janny de Jonge. They left Schipol airport in Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

The Rook family: A Tasmanian migration story

By Meinard Karel Rook – Compiled in 2005 ArrivalWe arrived in Australia in August 1950, after a 6 week voyage from Holland on the Sibijaek. Our first land fall was in Fremantle, then on to Melbourne, where we transferred to the Taroona for the voyage across Bass Strait to Beauty Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Cultural Events and Activities

Royal Visit to Tasmania

This article was written during the 2006 Dutch royal visit to Australia. It was weeks of anticipation for the Dutch Community in Tasmania, as they received preliminary invitations and two general invitations in the Saturday Mercury, for the Royal visit. His Royal Highness, the Prince of Orange, and Her Royal Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Timeline Abel Tasman 1642

The Dutch seafarer, Abel Tasman, is recognised as the first European to land, in December 1642, on the island that now bears his name. In the last 50 to 60 years, thousands of Dutch settlers and their descendants have been making a rich contribution to Tasmanian society. Dutch heritage in Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Tasmanian Architect Dirk Bolt

  In October 1951 Dirk Bolt migrated from his native Groningen, the Netherlands, to Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, where he married Guusje (Kusha) van der Laan in January 1953.  In 1964 they moved to Canberra.  From 1971 onward, they moved to various places in response to a series of international appointments Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Dutch migrants in Penguin, Tasmania

Below is a short summary by Kees Wierenga of the book by Liz Nickols. Names are in alpha order. Copies of the book are available from liz.nickols@gmail.com. Details noted below, especially regarding who is still alive and or where some people are living, was accurate in 2013. The summary below Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Dutch settlers in Ulverstone, Tasmania

​Fair Dinkum Dutch Courage Compiled by Elizabeth Nickols (27 families) Excerpts (and some additional notation by Kees Wierenga)Brandsema, Wilko (Bill) and Hendrikje (Hennie) nee Wind(pp.1 – 9, 20 photos) Wilko was born in 1910 in Stadskanaal, the son of a baker. Hennie was born a year later, her father a Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Dutch-Tasmania books

Shaping Kingston – The story of God’s children in Kingston especially focussing on the Reformed Church – written by Historian Kees Wierenga – $40 plus postage Copies of this book are held by the State Library of Tasmania. Copies may also be obtained from the author, as noted above. The Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Elly Schuth: from bride to crafty great Tasmanian grandmother

7 Mar 1926 – 10Jul 2017 Elly with her brothers Reg and Max In May 1950, a group of 10 men, and their wives, met in the residence of Eerke van der Laan in the city of Groningen. They had met several times before, and during the war years had Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

Eulogy Bart Jan Folkerts – 1999

We praise God for the life and witness ofBart Jan Folkerts18 September 1911 to 24 October 1999 An Association [Christian Parent-Controlled Schools] Founder and Gold Member“Now with the Lord he loved and served … a man of strength,courage and determination, a fighter for what he believed in.” “My Grace is Read more…

By Kees Wierenga, 7 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago

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