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Dutch businesses in Australia

Philips factory in Newcastle produced almost all Australia’s electric lamps for 70 years

Pierre van der Eng Dutch firm NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken exported its incandescent lamps to agents in Australia since 1912. Its lamp sales increased quickly during World War I, when Australian imports form the UK dwindled. In 1926 Philips established its Read more…

By Pierre van der Eng, 1 yearJanuary 24, 2024 ago
Literature

Early nineteenth century English/Dutch rivalry in Eastern Indonesia and Australia

This article is about the Dutch seizure of part of New Guinea in 1828. The English activities in Northern Australia played an important role in this. The author of the article is Jeroen Overweel. He is engaged in cultural heritage Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 20, 2024 ago
Maritime History

SS Bantam – First loss of Dutch Merchant Ship in Pacific War.

The SS Bantam (3322 gross weight, built in 1930 ) was one of the original twenty-one KPM vessels that took refuge in Australian ports after the fall of Java that Dutch officials requested be put into service for the war Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 18, 2024 ago
Migration history

Ed & Wilhelmina Van Den Enden – Tasmania

Peter McInnes provided information on his Dutch heritage through Ed & Wilhelmina Van Den Enden whom immigrated from Holland after WWII to Tasmania & retiring in Ulverstone.  My grandparents were active within the Dutch community of Tasmania, participating in cultural Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2024 ago
Maritime History

Navy Cruiser Hr. Ms. Tromp operating from Australia during WWII

When the Hr. Ms. Tromp, a Tromp-class cruiser, was built between 1936 and 1938, it was the most modern ship in its class. The cruiser’s involvement in the search for HMAS Sydney, following its battle with the German raider Kormoran, Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2024 ago
Literature

WWII Pilot Guus Hagers, Lienke and the Forgotten Story

One of the greatest pilots of the 18 Netherlands East Indies Squadron RAAF was Gerson (Guus) Hagers. In February 1942 he was part of the group tasked with receiving newly acquired B 25 bombers from the USA at Archerfield Airport Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 12, 2024 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Rubens Family and Rubsons – Dutch Food Wholesalers in Melbourne

Ruben (Ruud) Rubens Ruben was born in Amsterdam on 3 September 1917 and died in Melbourne on 7 November 1993. After his highschool (MULO) he became a bicycle dealer and sales representative. He loved sailing on the rivers and were Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJanuary 11, 2024 ago
Dutch – Australian History

First Dutch contacts in Australia – Cape York and Torres Strait 1606 to 1643

RELATING TO: The Voyage of the Duyfken – Willem Janszoon (Master) and Jan Lodewijkszoon van Rosingeyn (Supercargo) , West Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1606. Documentary Sources other than original Journals Recording Navigator: J Carstenszoon 1623, taken from:“Summary abstract of the Journal of the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 9, 2024 ago
Migration history

Milly Rubens Schelvis, surviving WWII concentration camps in Europe

Milly Schelvis was born in Amsterdam 11th September 1919. She had a normal, loving childhood although that is set in the background of Holland in the 1920’s and 30’s. They lived in the poor parts of the Jewish sector of Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 9, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Netherlands New Guinea Papua Battalion trained in Australia.

Dutch New Guinea The Moluccan policeman (only known as M.E.) operated in New Guinea from 1935 to April-May 1942, first in Fakfak and then in Babo. On the day of the capitulation of the KNIL he was in the area Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJanuary 6, 2024 ago
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