In May 1950, a group of 10 men, and their wives, met in the residence of Eerke van der Laan in the city of Groningen. They had met several times before, and during the war years had learned to know Read more
Anton Roodhuyzen: Memories of life as a child in a Japanese POW Camp in the former Netherlands East Indies My full name is Antonie Roodhuyzen, a male of European Dutch descent, born 1st December 1936 in the city of Malang, Read more
Adriaan and Johanna Rutte Golden Memories of their 50th Wedding Anniversary at Stirling in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia In June 1991, when Adriaan and Johanna Rutte had been married 50 years, a family of no less than seventy members, Read more
Wilhelmina De Brey These pieces are in memory of those I failed to help survive. I had hoped to save their lives. Through the betrayal of another person, to the secret police, the Kempeitai, our house was invaded. I had received a Read more
Netherlands East Indies (1939 – 1946) Internment, resilience and survival: The story of Dirk Drok who helped to uncover the Batavia and a key contributor to Voyage to Disaster, and his wife, well-known painter and ceramicist, Kitty Drok Why might Read more
John (Jan) Rikkers John (Jan) Rikkers was born on 5 February 1925 in den Haag, the youngest child of Jan Rikkers and Marie van der Wansem (official papers in later years state his date of birth as 1921, but according Read more
The Dutch Contribution to the Defence of Australia in World War II THE DUTCH CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA IN WORLD WAR TWO Since November 2007 a plaque on the Pathway of Honor in Adelaide, South Australia, recognises Read more
Klaas Woldring Klaas Woldring’s life as an academic, political activist, and notable supporter of the Dutch community in Australia, has taken him The Netherlands to South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Norway, Spain, Germany, Malta and the Solomon Islands. An interesting life! Read more
Richlands, Inala and Suburbs History Group Inc. (RIHG) Richlands, Inala and neighbouring suburbs are located in the south-west of Brisbane, Queensland. The History Group was formed in 1996, incorporated in 2000, and has become a force in the local area. Read more
Dick van Leer, People Lover and Entrepreneur Not long ago, a book was published about Dick under the title The Incredible Life of Dick van Leer. This very readable account of Dick’s life, a family history really, written jointly with Read more