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Dutch artefacts

Batavia Portico Geraldton – Kasteel Batavia Jakarta

Kasteel Batavia stood as the administrative heart of the Dutch East Indies, begun in 1619 under Jan Pieterszoon Coen. The rectangular fortress, built on the western bank of the Groote Rivier (now Kali Besar), featured four bastions—Amsterdam, Zeelandia, Hollandia and Read more

By DACC, 5 daysOctober 20, 2025 ago
Netherlands East Indies - Australia History

Café Batavia Jakarta – Dutch heritage revived through Australian entrepreneurship

In the heart of Jakarta’s Old Town, once the centre of the Dutch East Indies, stands Café Batavia — a landmark that embodies both colonial history and modern restoration. Overlooking Fatahillah Square, the café occupies a building dating back to Read more

By DACC, 6 daysOctober 19, 2025 ago
Literature

‘Sara’s Walkabout’ by Inez van Loon

Sara’s Walkabout (2020) by Inez van Loon is a Dutch-language historical fiction novel for young adults. It tells the story of Sara, a thirteen year old Dutch girl who emigrates from the Netherlands to Australia by sea with her parents Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksOctober 14, 2025 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Chris, Liam and Luke Hemsworth – Dutch heritage in Australian film and television

(Profile current as of October 2025) Chris Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983), Liam Hemsworth (born 13 January 1990), and Luke Hemsworth (born 5 November 1980) are Australian actors whose shared success has brought international attention to their family’s diverse heritage. Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksOctober 9, 2025 ago
Migration history

Alister Henskens – A Dutch-Australian family story in public life

(Published October 2025) Alister Andrew Henskens (born 30 December 1963) is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party, currently representing the electorate of Wahroonga in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He previously held senior ministerial portfolios including Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksOctober 9, 2025 ago
Migration history

Nicolette Boele – Dutch-Australian independent MP for Bradfield (2025)

Nicolette Boele (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian independent Member of Parliament representing the federal seat of Bradfield in Sydney’s north since May 2025. The daughter of Dutch migrants who settled in Australia in the 1960s, she belongs to Read more

By DACC, 2 weeksOctober 9, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

The idea of a Melanesian Union: Dutch New Guinea, Papua New Guinea and the unrealised federation of 1962

In the years leading up to 1962, several Dutch, Papuan and Australian thinkers imagined a new political constellation for the Pacific: a Melanesian Union or Federation. This proposed bloc would have united Dutch New Guinea, the Australian-administered territories of Papua Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksOctober 6, 2025 ago
Maritime History

The Australische Compagnie – 1614

Isaac Le Maire: entrepreneur, dissident, and pioneer explorer Isaac Le Maire (c. 1558–1624) was a Dutch merchant of Walloon origin, born in Tournai (now Belgium). After settling in the Dutch Republic, he became one of the largest investors in the Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksOctober 5, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

From self-rule to suppression: the fate of West Papuan independence and Australia’s ambivalent role, 1962–63

The transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesian control in 1963 marked the abrupt end of one of the most promising experiments in decolonisation in the Pacific. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Netherlands had begun preparing the Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksOctober 5, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

Dutch and Australian forces join search for Michael Rockefeller in Dutch New Guinea, 1961

In November 1961, Dutch and Australian authorities jointly undertook one of the most extensive search operations ever mounted in Dutch New Guinea. The mission followed the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, son of the then–Governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, whose Read more

By DACC, 3 weeksOctober 5, 2025 ago
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