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Military and Political History

Sir Richard Kirby and the Netherlands East Indies question

Most Australians remember Sir Richard (Dick) Kirby as one of the country’s most influential industrial relations judges. Yet before he became a leading figure in Australian public life, he played a significant international role in one of the most important Read more

By DACC, 17 hoursMay 29, 2026 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

A new partnership highlighting the shared heritage of Indonesia, the Netherlands and Australia

The Dutch Australian Cultural Centre (DACC) is pleased to announce the beginning of a collaborative relationship with the Online Indisch Museum in the Netherlands, creating a new opportunity to strengthen awareness of the shared heritage that connects Indonesia, the Netherlands Read more

By DACC, 17 hoursMay 29, 2026 ago
Archive

Batavia: Britain’s forgotten gateway between early Australia and Asia

It is well known that the ships establishing and servicing Britain’s Australian penal colonies generally followed established routes from England via places such as Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope before reaching Sydney. The First Fleet Read more

By DACC, 4 daysMay 26, 2026 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Gerada Baremans: quilter and textile artist

Gerada Baremans: scattered innocence I was born in the Netherlands on 8 April 1937, the eldest of five girls. I was only two years old, when war broke out. My childhood was not free and easy as my mother had Read more

By DACC, 6 daysMay 24, 2026 ago
Literature

Bringing back a forgotten classic: The republication of Dr Jack Ford’s Allies in a Bind

For many years, one publication has stood above all others as the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the Dutch wartime presence in Australia during the Second World War: Dr Jack Ford’s Allies in a Bind – Australia and the Read more

By DACC, 7 daysMay 23, 2026 ago
Migration history

Returned migrant Johan Luchters – Memories of Scheyville

This is an abstract from the full article click here. It is a deeply personal memoir by Dutch migrant Johan Luchters provides a rich and highly detailed first-hand account of post-war migration experiences at the Scheyville Migrant Accommodation Centre in Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksMay 19, 2026 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Stories

  Art and Culture Corrie Ancone   Freelance Photographer, Artist and Permanent Part Time Welfare WorkerIn 1953 my parents and my four siblings migrated to South Australia. We initially spent six very hard months in Glossop, Berri, where we lived Read more

By daaag, 2 weeksMay 17, 2026 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Dutch artefacts of No. 18 Squadron at the Aviation Museum in Darwin

Introduction The wartime history of No. 18 Netherlands East Indies Squadron RAAF is closely connected with northern Australia. From 1942 onwards the Dutch-manned squadron operated North American B-25 Mitchell bombers from a network of airfields around Darwin in support of Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksMay 14, 2026 ago
Migration history

Fred and Marie van Breemen – A lifetime connected to a Dutch house in Brisbane

From migration camp to Dutch houseThe story of Fred and Marie van Breemen The history of Dutch migration to Brisbane after the Second World War was shaped not only by organised migration schemes and housing initiatives, but also by personal Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksMay 12, 2026 ago
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Ann Penders: A life of dedication to the Dutch community in Canberra

Johanna Cornelia Maria Penders (19 September 1937 – 9 April 2026) The Dutch community in Australia is built on the efforts of individuals who quietly but consistently contributed to its continuity, cohesion and cultural life. One such person was Ann Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksMay 11, 2026 ago
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