Primary Research

Van Mook, Van der Plas and the Indisch vision for the post-war Netherlands East Indies

This is the third article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. Introduction The Read more

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The Netherlands Government-in-Exile: Gerbrandy, Queen Wilhelmina and constitutional authority

This is the second article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. Introduction When Read more

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A Kingdom divided by war: Australia, the Netherlands Government-in-Exile and the Netherlands East Indies

This is the first article in the three-part DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series examines the constitutional and political foundations of the Dutch administration in exile: the authority retained in London, the position of the Netherlands East Read more

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Before embassies: how Batavia helped connect Australia to the world

Long before ambassadors, embassies and formal diplomatic relations between Australia and the Netherlands, there was already practical cooperation between South Australia and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It was not driven by politics or military alliances, but by telecommunications. In the nineteenth century telegraph cables were the equivalent of Read more

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Bernhard Jan “Ben” Ruesink: Engelandvaarder and military pilot trained in Australia

Bernhard Jan “Ben” Ruesink’s short life connected the Netherlands East Indies, occupied Europe, Britain, Australia, New Guinea and postwar Indonesia. After escaping from the occupied Netherlands by a difficult route through Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar, he reached Britain in January 1944. He subsequently travelled to Australia, where he trained Read more

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