The Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM), or Royal Packet Navigation Company, became one of the largest and most influential shipping enterprises operating across the Netherlands East Indies and the surrounding region. Its extensive network connected hundreds of islands and ports and eventually Read more
Batchelor Airport is a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base located in Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia. The base was established in 1942 during World War II and was used primarily as a bomber base for the RAAF’s No. 1 Read more
Following the collapse of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in early 1942, Dutch military and intelligence operations had to be rapidly reorganised from exile. Australia became central to this effort. One of the most critical elements in rebuilding Dutch operational Read more
Scroll down and a map shows up with New Guinea connected to Australia but a small missing part on that map shows where in this perspective the Torres Strait could have been. See also: The Colonial Warship the Doerga explored Read more
Jean Pierre Purry was a Swiss explorer who presented a plan to the Dutch Governor General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) in 1717 to establish a settlement in Australia. His plan was to settle in Read more
Juliana Village in Miranda in Sydney’s South came about thanks largely to the vision and drive of one man: Johan (Jan, John) Logeman (more info on Jan in the pdf below). The idea was born when he he was recovering Read more
The Reformed Church in Australia (RCA) has its roots in the Dutch Reformed Churches. These have their origin in the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. These Churches became one of the dominant religious and cultural institutions in the Netherlands. Read more
“Settlers of the Latrobe Valley: A Sociological Study of Immigrants in the Brown Coal Industry in Australia” is book by Polish-Australian sociologist and academic Jerzy Zubrzycki. The book includes two detailed studies, of the Dutch at Moe and the Ukrainians Read more
Maerten van Delft was a Dutch explorer who conducted an expedition in 1705 to explore the western and northern coastlines of what is now known as Australia. The expedition was organised by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The expedition Read more
Marayke Caroline Jonkers was born on 13 September 1981 in Hobart. Her parents are of Dutch descent and migrated to Australia before she was born. She moved to Queensland as a baby. She currently (2023) lives in the Sunshine Coast Read more