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Literature

Dutch – Australian History

Australian Explorers: A Selection from Their Writings – 1958

This is a collection of excerpts from the diaries and journals of twenty-one Australian explorers. The book was edited and introduced by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a professor of English at the University of Melbourne. The book is divided into three sections: The book provides a valuable insight into the lives and Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 27, 2023 ago
Literature

Beyond Australia’s Cities – Kriskras door Australië – 1956

“Kriskras door Australië” is the Dutch translation of the book “Beyond Australia’s Cities” written by Bill Beatty and translated by J.E.L. Stoffers. The book was originally published in English in 1956 by Cassell, and the Dutch edition was published in 1959 by Het Spectrum. The author, Bill Beatty, was an Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 27, 2023 ago
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia

Everywhere Dutch (Overal Hollanders) book by J.P Risseeuw – 1965

“Overal Hollanders” by Pieter Johannes Risseeuw (1901 – 1968) is a historical account of Dutch migration and settlement around the world, focusing in particular on Australia. The book was published in 1965 by Bosch & Keuning N.V. in Baarn, the Netherlands. In “Overal Hollanders,” Risseeuw traces the history of Dutch Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 15, 2023 ago
Literature

Dutch emigration literature with regard to Australia 1946 – 1992

The following list of Dutch emigration literature (in a broad sense) includes book titles that specifically relate to emigration of Dutch people to Australia. The list, compiled by Ton van Kalmthout, does not claim to be exhaustive, but forms a first step towards a further inventory of reading materials available Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 11, 2023 ago
Literature

Elisabeth Holdsworth poet and writer of short stories

Born in the Netherlands in January 1947, just after WWII in the south-western province of Zeeland, Elisabeth’s family name is de Rijke-Nassau, one of the branches of the Nassaus sharing the common ancestry of Charlemagne and Willem and Juliana de Rijke. The de Rijkes, and their identification as part of Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 11, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Augustin Lodewyckx introduced the first university course in Dutch in Australia

Augustin Lodewyckx (1876-1964) was a Belgian scholar and professor who made significant contributions to the study of modern languages in Australia. He was born on December 8, 1876, in Booischot, Belgium, the son of Joannes Lodewijckx, a farmer, and his wife, Maria Dymphna Maes. After completing his secondary education in Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 11, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Reindert Meijer on Dutch Literature

R.P. Meijer was born on 18 January 1926 in Amsterdam. He studied Dutch at the University of Amsterdam where he graduated in Dutch language and literature in 1950. He obtained his PhD in Dutch literature in 1958. Meijer has taught and researched at various universities in the Netherlands and abroad. Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsApril 18, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Cornelis Vleeskens – Performance Poet

Cornelis Vleeskens (1948-2012) was a Dutch-Australian poet, translator, and visual artist known for his experimental and wide-ranging works. Vleeskens arrived in Australia as a Dutch immigrant in 1958, and he spent much of his life exploring themes of cultural identity, politics, and social justice through his artistic pursuits. Throughout his Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsApril 18, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Lolo Houbein: Writer, Gardener and Conservationist

Lolo Houbein is a Dutch-Australian author and conservationist known for her extensive portfolio of novels, histories, poetry, essays, and short stories. Lolo Houbein was born on January 20, 1935, in The Hague, Netherlands. Her father, Pieter Johannes Houbein, was a printer, and her mother, Maria Elizabeth Verburg, was a nurse. Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsApril 16, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Willem Siebenhaar social activist and writer (1863-1937)

He was born in The Hague on July 28, 1863 and developed a lifelong interest in chess at the age of fifteen and was exposed to Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis – a prominent socialist figure in the Netherlands who served as the country’s first elected socialist Member of Parliament. After graduating Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMarch 11, 2023 ago

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