Marta Dusseldorp (born 1 February 1973), the granddaughter of Dick Dusseldorp, the founder of Lend Lease. Martha is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies (and its spin-off Janet King), Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home. Her story is told in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Good Weekend from 2020 and another article in the SMH from a year later.
Marta also featured in one of the SBS documentaries “Who do you think you are?’.
In August 2026, the Monbulk District Historical Society published From the Lowlands to the Ranges – Celebrating Dutch Heritage in the Monbulk District. The book brings together more than 50 stories of Dutch families who Read more
During the Second World War, Dutch, Australian and Indonesian personnel worked together in a little-known series of clandestine operations against Japanese forces occupying the Netherlands East Indies. Their activities were organised through the Netherlands East Read more
Charles van der Plas: colonial expert, wartime administrator in Australia and advocate of gradual reform Charles Olke van der Plas (1891–1977) was one of the most experienced Dutch colonial administrators of the Netherlands East Indies. Read more