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In 1854, the Dutch vessel ‘Bato’ rescues survivors of the three shipwrecks along the Queensland coast.

The ‘Fatima’ was bound from Melbourne to Batavia (Jakarta). On the 26th of June 1854 the vessel was wrecked on the Great Detached Reef, twelve miles south of Raine’s Island. The shipwrecked crew and passenger were recovered by the Dutch ship ‘Bato’ and arrived in Batavia on the 25th of Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 17, 2022 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Dutch ship Kyverheid offered rescue assistance to the Island Queen – 1854

The Dutch barque De Kyverheid had some Involvement in the rescue of the crew of the schooner ‘Island Queen’ under command of Captain Porter.  This ship was lost on the Great Detached Reef on 24 July 1854. The 27 passengers and crew crowded into the longboat and set out for Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 17, 2022 ago
Aviation and Shipping

The wrecking of four Dutch ships on the Reef – 1854 – 1858

The Hester and the Doelwyck Two Dutch ships were wrecked on 21 April 1854 upon Kenn’s Reef. The crew of the 840 tonnes wooden vessel ‘Hester’ lost one man but the others were able to make it Port Curtis (Gladstone) and from there to Maryborough and eventually Sydney. It is Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 16, 2022 ago
Dutch Organisations

The Brisbane Borrelclub and Borrel Boomers

The Borrelclub (a club of Dutch gin drinkers) had its foundation in 1964, when the Officer-in-Charge of the local Dutch Emigration Service, Mr Cees Mossel, invited a few prominent expatriate Dutch businessmen for an after work ‘borrel’ at his office. Business problems and experiences of Dutch immigrants became the topic Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 1, 2022 ago
Dutch – Australian History

Jan Zevenboom from gold-digger to Vice Consul (1856)

Jan Zevenboom born in 1822. He arrived in Melbourne from Amsterdam in 1856 his profession was listed as brush-maker. He travelled straight on the gold fields, but apparently was not lucky enough to become rich. He settled in Melbourne taking up his trade as a brush-maker in Beckett Street.

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago
Book Library

Jan Vennik – the Dutchman at Eureka (1854)

Jan Vennik: the Dutchman at Eureka. This Dutchman was present in the vicinity of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854, before he was arrested and charged with Treason together with 12 others.

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago
News and Updates

Can you assist the DACC with our Digital Hub?

We are looking for people to join this team so we can make the right selections for our Hub and can assist with the various elements of the digitisation process.  While the physical archives are in Sydney, we also are looking at cloud-based projects which can be done from home.

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago
News and Updates

Glen op den Brouw awarded the Order of Liverpool (Sydney)

The following is an interview with Glen published in October 2018 in the Daily Telegraph. A link to the Article is provided underneath, Liverpool Historical Society president Glen op den Brouw reflects on what he loves about Liverpool. 1. When did you move to this suburb and why? After migrating Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Dutch Australian Native Warrior Joost Bakker

Dutch-born Bakker has floristry in his blood. His father was a fourth-generation tulip farmer and Joost and his three brothers grew up surrounded by flowers on their property.

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dutch-Australian Author Yvonne Louis and her book on Mondriaan

Yvonne Louis (born 1946) migrated to Australia as a child with her parents from the Netherlands. When raging bushfires threatened her family home in the Lane Cove National Park in Sydney’s northern suburbs Yvonne managed to save the treasured Dutch heirlooms that had been handed down to her by her Read more…

By DACC, 3 yearsNovember 29, 2022 ago

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