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Erinnerungen family de Nijs

A family’s journey from persecution to peace In 1939, the Nazi regime upended the life of my grandfather, a tax accountant in Vienna, Austria. He owned a large apartment in the city, but being born in Czechoslovakia made him a target, despite my grandmother Caroline Kleiner’s Catholic faith and blonde Read more…

By DACC, 5 monthsDecember 12, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Australians at War in Netherlands East Indies – Film Archive

Selected individuals linked to the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) during World War II for which the Archives holds interviews. Click here for the interviews. The Archive is an Australian Government initiative, commissioned through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. It is a unique, historical collection, a resource for everyone interested in Read more…

By DACC, 5 monthsDecember 11, 2024 ago
Maritime History

Aborigines and shipwrecks – the arrival of Australia’s first immigrants

Republished with permission. Chapter two from the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf click here. See also: First contact between the Dutch and the Aboriginal People

By DACC, 5 monthsDecember 9, 2024 ago
Dutch Tasmanian Connection

The Diary of Gerard Rhee – one the first Dutch migrants to Tasmania – 1940

The diary of G Rhee is quite unique because it was written in 1940.  Gerard Rhee was one of the first Dutch migrants to Tasmania. There are interesting glimpses in this diary of a young man who fell in love with a local lass.  Apart from notes about his courting, Read more…

By DACC, 5 monthsDecember 8, 2024 ago
Migration history

Indo (Eurasian) Communities in Australia

Dutch Indonesian Association – Cairns In April 1995 a small group of Indische mensen’ (people born in Indonesia), such as Rob Elstak, Eric & Rob Marcus, Leo Vandersar, Jan Schmieman and Andreas Flach, came together in Cairns and founded the ‘Dutch Indonesian. Association – Melati’ (Jasmine). Andreas Flach became the Read more…

By DACC, 5 monthsDecember 6, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Missing millions: Java’s 1944–45 famine in Indonesia’s historiography

Introduction Very few people in Indonesia, Australia and the Netherlands know that during WWII many Indonesians fought on the side of the Allies. And nobody there knows the estimate of 4 million deaths. Because both are not part of Indonesia’s official history and therefore its public memory. The article below Read more…

By Pierre van der Eng, 5 monthsDecember 5, 2024 ago
Literature

Author and contributor biographies

Republished with permission. Author and contributor biographies of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here. Introduction chapters of the book: Touch of Dutch

By DACC, 6 monthsNovember 16, 2024 ago
Migration history

Tracing your Dutch ancestors in the National Archives of Australia

The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has a very extensive archive in relation to the Netherlands . Their archives only contain documents from government sources. The DACC collects private collections and private stories so the combination is complementary. The following article is republished with permission. Chapter 38 of the book: Read more…

By DACC, 6 monthsNovember 16, 2024 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Our Mob: Shipwrecks survivors and WA Aboriginal Peoples

Republished with permission. Chapter 37 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here. Introduction chapters of the book: Touch of Dutch

By DACC, 6 monthsNovember 16, 2024 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

The photography of Richard Woldendorp

Republished with permission. Chapter 36 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here. Introduction chapters of the book: Touch of Dutch See also: Dutch-Australian photographer Richard Woldendorp

By DACC, 6 months ago

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