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Migration history

Anton van den Hengel Professor in Artificial Intelligence.

Anton van den Hengel is likely the only person born in the Netherlands who is also a fourth-generation Port Adelaidian. His father’s family hails from Amsterdam, specifically from the Jordaan district. Before settling in Amsterdam, the van den Hengels originated from a small town near Utrecht. Anton’s grandparents owned a Read more…

By DACC, 11 monthsAugust 31, 2024 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Australian Shipbuilding Industries Ltd – Founded by Dirk & Nick Verboon

Australian Shipbuilding Industries Ltd (ASI) was founded by Dutch Australian brother Dirk and Nick Verboon. Historian Nonja Peters wrote in her PhD thesis that “Dirk Verboon was a Netherlands trained marine engineer and he found his way back into boat building more by chance than design. ‘When dad came to Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsAugust 26, 2024 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Dutch Circular Economy inspires the Bega Valley

Bega aims to become Australia’s most circular economy by 2030, inspired by pioneering Dutch practices. The concept of circularity, which involves keeping materials in use at their highest value, designing out waste, and regenerating natural systems, has taken root in Bega, following the Dutch model. Circularity is described as a Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJuly 21, 2024 ago
Science and Technology

The zoological Lydekker’s Line

Lydekker’s line defines the easternmost extension of oriental animals into the zone of mixing between the Oriental and Australian faunal regions.The Lydekker’s Line and extends into the Pacific Ocean. To the east of this line lies the so called Notogaean, or Australian to the west is the Wallace Line. This Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearMay 25, 2024 ago
Migration history

Tragic loss of Dutch men at the Wittenoom asbestos mine

The battle against CSR’s corporate responsibility began in the 1970s, with former Wittenoom workers contesting the company’s use of the corporate veil as protection. Initially, legal actions were directed at Midalco Pty Ltd, a CSR subsidiary, shielding the parent company from direct litigation. Cornelius Maas was among the first to Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearMay 14, 2024 ago
Maritime History

Tall ship Oosterschelde leads the Darwin200 Global Voyage.

The DARWIN200 Global Voyage is a two-year voyage that will follow the route of Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle around the world. The voyage will take place from 2023 to 2025 and will visit 32 countries, including the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, Australia, and South Africa. The voyage is Read more…

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

Dutch-Indonesian-Australian Geophysicist and artist William Wiebenga

William Alexander Christiaan Johannes Wiebenga was an Indonesian-Dutch-Australian geophysicist and artist. He was born in Benkoelen, Indonesia (now known as Bengkulu, Indonesia) on December 5, 1910. His father with the same name, William Alexander Christiaan Johannes Wiebenga, was a Dutch civil servant. His mother Jeanne Helene de Rochemont was born Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 27, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Hilma Dymphna Lodewyckx  married to Manning Clark.

Hilma Dymphna Lodewyckx (1916-2000) was the daughter of Augustin Lodewyckx and Anna Sophia Hansen. She was born in Stellenbosch, South Africa and later moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family when her father was appointed lecturer at the University of Melbourne. She mainly used her middle name Dymphna. Her father Read more…

By DACC, 2 years ago
Literature

The Effect of Mixed Marriage on Language Shift in the Dutch Community in Australia – 1980

This thesis was written by Anne Pauwels, a linguist and professor. The main focus of the thesis is to examine how mixed marriages between Dutch- speaking and English-speaking  Australians impact on the use and maintenance of the Dutch language in Australia, within the family and the Dutch community. The project Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 10, 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

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