The Archive

When and why did you move to Australia? I came to Australia as a backpacker, to travel and work. My sister advised me I could work on farms and do other casual jobs. I travelled to Queensland from Sydney with a Read more

When and why did your parents move to Australia? My parents arrived separately in Australia after WWII.  My mother was 19, and came with her family, while my father was 25 and came on his own. I have always been interested in Read more

Zing! Sing in Dutch Zing! is a Melbourne based Dutch choir that was formed in mid-2016 from an expressed interest in the Dutch community for a place to sing in Dutch, and meet other Dutch speakers. The choir is open Read more

Motivation, Intention and Assimilation Author: Kees Wierenga A thesis submitted as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History, School of History and Classics University of Tasmania October, 2005. The object of this Read more

What is DAAAG? DAAAG is an innovative new concept dedicated to the digital preservation of Australian immigrants’ cultural heritage. It appreciates that there is a story in the life or family history of every newcomer and new ethnic group. It argues that the digital Read more

Three Dutch Priests in South Australia By Elisabeth (Elly) Anderson – October 2006 Whilst researching the early history of a mainly Irish-administered Catholic community in the Adelaide Hills some years ago I was intrigued to find that the first documented Read more

Johanna Binkhorst I was born in 1918 to a Dutch father and German mother.  I was educated in Germany, where I lived and enjoyed a comfortable family life until the depression began.  Due to political unrest, my father decided to Read more

Hans Hulsbosch, independent brand designer Born in Valkenswaard just south of Eindhoven, the Phillips city, age 62 in 2014. Hans married Marianne in the Netherlands before emigration to New Zealand. Marianne’s father had knowledge of Australia and had positive views of the Read more

1950s Migrant, Peter Herweynen, Master Builder in Tasmania and the Antarctica When he was 18 years old, Jan van Herweynen was asked by his father to travel to Tasmania, and to purchase a piece of land and begin building a Read more

Adriana Taylor, from Dutch Schoolgirl to ‘Servant of the People’ It is normal for the eldest son to inherit the farm. This has been true over the centuries, and in many places in the world. Jos (Adrianus Johannes Ansems), known Read more