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Military and Political History

Hendrik Johan de Haas – Dutch officer in NEFIS special operations

Hendrik Johan de Haas was born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on 28 November 1904, the son of Jozef Hendrik de Haas and Johanna Frederika Susanna Jostein. He married Hendrina Maria van der Meer Mohr in Batoeroesa on 2 January 1911. Read more…

By DACC, 2 weeksAugust 13, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

Dutch and Indonesian refugees in Australia from the Netherlands East Indies, 1942–1946

By Dr Nonja Peters This paper examines the complex experiences of Dutch, Eurasian, and Indonesian evacuees who fled the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands East Indies during the Pacific War and found temporary refuge in Australia. Drawing on archival sources Read more…

By DACC, 3 weeksAugust 10, 2025 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dutch squadron choir in wartime Australia: voices of resilience and diplomacy

When the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) collapsed under Japanese attack in early 1942, hundreds of Dutch airmen, sailors, and soldiers found themselves in Australia. Among the many military units reconstituted there was the 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron of the Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksAugust 3, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

Escape from Ambon: Heroism and Hardship in the Fall of the Netherlands East Indies

The Japanese advance through Southeast Asia in early 1942 brought the Allies to the brink of disaster. Ambon, a strategic island in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI), was garrisoned by Dutch and Australian troops under the Gull Force detachment. When Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksAugust 1, 2025 ago
Migration history

Jan and Toos Janssens: A life of family, migration, and memory

The story of Jan (Johannes Wilhelmus Theodorus) and Toos (Catharina) Janssens is a vivid reflection of the Dutch migrant experience in Australia after the Second World War. Together, their recollections offer a rare and intimate portrait of growing up in Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksAugust 1, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS): Dutch intelligence in exile

Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS): Dutch intelligence in exile in Australia The Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was the wartime intelligence arm of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) government-in-exile. It emerged after the collapse of the NEI in early 1942, Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksAugust 1, 2025 ago
Military and Political History

Captain‑Lieutenant‑at‑Sea G. B. Salm: Dutch naval liaison and intelligence officer in exile

Brief biography Gerrit Bernardus (G. B.) Salm held the rank Kapitein-luitenant ter zee (equivalent to naval commander) in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). He arrived in Australia in early 1942 following the fall of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI), and became Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksAugust 1, 2025 ago
Maritime History

Tiwi resistance and Dutch contact: an early act of Indigenous unity- 1705

In 1705, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) launched an exploratory expedition to the Tiwi Islands, north of Arnhem Land in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia. The expedition, led by Commander Maerten van Delft, was one of Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksJuly 31, 2025 ago
Maritime History

Lieutenant Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich: a divided Dutch WWII command in exile

Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich (1886–1962) was a senior officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy and one of the Netherlands’ most prominent military leaders during the Second World War. Born in Semarang, Java, he spent much of his career in the Read more…

By DACC, 4 weeksJuly 30, 2025 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Ravind Sangha: The Australian musician who played and taught for Dutch royalty

After completing his studies, Ravind moved to Amsterdam, immersing himself in the vibrant early music scene of the Netherlands. For ten years, he performed as a baroque flautist with the Dom Kantorij in Utrecht, participating in weekly Masses, Cantatas, and Read more…

By DACC, 1 monthJuly 29, 2025 ago
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