One of the most significant collections relating to the Dutch presence in Australia during the Second World War can now be found at the Northern Rivers Military Museum in Casino, New South Wales. The museum has developed a dedicated Camp Read more
Among the many fascinating objects in the collection of the Bronbeek Museum is an Australian-made Owen Mark I submachine gun. At first glance it appears to be simply another weapon of the Second World War. Yet this remarkable firearm tells Read more
Written by Xavier Dorison, illustrated by Thimothée MontaignePublished in French by Glénat (2022–2024) and in Dutch by Standaard Uitgeverij. The work consists of two volumes: About the authorsXavier Dorison is one of France’s leading graphic novel writers, renowned for combining Read more
Alois (Wies) Amrein was born in Fort de Kock (now Bukittinggi) in Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 27 February 1910. His parents were Felix Amrein, who was originally from Switzerland, and Indonesian woman Maria Lucia Siken; Read more
This is the third article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Read more
This is the second article in the DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series explores the political, constitutional and administrative relationship between the Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Read more
By CCHA / June 28, 2026 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. Born in Read more
This is the first article in the three-part DACC Research Series The Netherlands Government-in-Exile, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War. The series examines the constitutional and political foundations of the Dutch administration in exile: the Read more
Among the many military establishments that operated in Queensland during the Second World War, few have faded from public memory as completely as the LHQ School of Military Intelligence at Southport on the Gold Coast. During the final years of Read more
Recent scientific research (2025) has completed the first comprehensive geological mapping of Zealandia, a vast continent that lies almost entirely beneath the waters of the southwest Pacific. Covering approximately five million square kilometres, Zealandia is around two-thirds the size of Read more