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Literature

“Australië” – “A Book of Australia” 1962

“A Book of Australia” by Tom Inglis Moore. The Dutch-language edition of “A Book of Australia” was translated by J.J.A. Bakker. The book was published in a hardcover edition and has a dust jacket. The front cover of the dust Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Literature

Information from the Dutch Emigration Service – 1953

Nederlandse Emigratiedienst, Australië. Dagelijks leven van emigranten tegen de achtergrond der Australische economie. Recente emigrantenbrieven, aangevuld met enkele belangrijke artikelen, welke de laatste tijd over Australië het licht zagen, themanummer van: Leven en Werken in den Vreemde. Actualiteiten ten behoeve Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Migration history

Podcast: ” Australië tot nu toe” SBS Dutch

Historicus Ingeborg van Teeseling bespreekt maandelijks een onderwerp uit de Australische geschiedenis. Van de na-oorlogse migratie stroom en de controverse omtrent Australia Day tot de herkomst van ‘single sex’ scholen. Historian Ingeborg van Teeseling discusses a topic from Australian history Read more…

By DACC, 2 years ago
Dutch Organisations

Dutch in Victoria – Henk Overberg

Dutch Communal Life in VictoriaBy Henk Overberg Henk Overberg’s detailed sociological and historical analysis of the Dutch in Victoria reveals that ethnic communities do not simply emerge by demographic presence alone. Rather, they must be made—through shared identity, communal interaction, Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Frank Leddy reorganised Philips Australasia

By Hans Overberg Franciscus Nicolaas Leddy (1903-1964), company director, was born on 20 April 1903 at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, son of Franciscus Nicolaas Leddy, director of prisons, and his wife Cornelia, née Delabrie. Educated at Leiden high school and the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Literature

A Dutch journalist’s view of Australia in the 1950s

Mathieu Smedts was a Dutch journalist, writer and resistance fighter who became famous as the editor-in-chief of the political weekly magazine Vrij Nederland. He was born in 1913 in a small village in Limburg, a Catholic province in the south Read more…

By DACC, 2 years ago
Literature

Book: Cultuur bewust Australië: A Guide to Australian Culture – 2005

Cultuur bewust Australië is a Dutch translation of Culture smart! Australia, a guidebook for travelers to Australia that covers the customs, culture, etiquette and national characteristics of Australians. The book is part of a series called Culture smart! that aims Read more…

By DACC, 2 years ago
Literature

Children’s Book: Jack en Sheltie – 1966 /The curse of Urumbu – 1980

The book title is Jack en Sheltie, written by Piet Prins, a Dutch journalist, politician and children’s book author. The book is part of the Sheltie series, which features the adventures of Jack Westerbaan, a Dutch immigrant in Australia, and Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Literature

Gids voor Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland – 1997

“Gids voor Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland” by A. J. van Zuilen. It was published in 1997 by J.H. Gottmer and is a Dutch guidebook for travelers to Australia and New Zealand. The book has 430 pages and includes maps and illustrations. Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
Literature

Book: Nationale parken in Australië – 2000

The book ” National Parks in Australia” by Ron Moon was published in 2000 by Könemann and translated into Dutch by Jacques Meerman. The book covers 50 national parks across the country, from the tropical rainforests of Queensland to the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
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