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Paul Budde co-founder of the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development

Paul was born in Vught on 8 September 1950. His parents Herman Budde and Annie Velthuis were born in Ootmarsum. (See also: The War of my Parents) In 1953 the family moved to Oss. Paul has a sister Monique and Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 25, 2023 ago
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia

Dutch schools and courses

Schools (listed alphabetically) Dutch Courses (listed alphabetically by provider) Books Nederlands als 2e taal

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 25, 2023 ago
Aviation and Shipping

The evacuation of the Netherlands East Indies Flying Schools to Australia

The war In Netherlands East indies (NEI) led to the merging of the training schools of the air force of the KNILM (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army), the aviation service of the Royal Dutch Navy in NEI and the Vrijwilliger Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 24, 2023 ago
Maritime History

The Duyfken – hosts the Compagnie Batavia

Scroll down for the picture gallery of the Compagnie Batavia sailing on the Duyfken on Sydney Harbour – May 2023 The first documented and undisputed European sighting of and landing in Australia was in late February 1606, by the Dutch Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 22, 2023 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Samuel Jacobs and the Story of the WWII Dakota C-47 Crash near Mossman

On September 7, 1944, a Dakota C-47 aircraft carrying 20 people crashed into a mountain near Mossman, Queensland, while returning from a reconnaissance visit to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. The plane was operated by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 22, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

The Willemse Family – major mushroom suppliers

Petrus (Piet) Wilhelmus Johannes Willemse was born on 13 July 1933 at Liessel, Deurne, Nord Braband, Netherlands to Johannes Jozef Willemse (b 27.01.02 d 27 Oct 1944) and Francina Petronella Wilhelmina Spreeuwenberg (b 30 Nov 1906 D April 1968).

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 16, 2023 ago
Dutch Culture, Sport, and Religion in Australia

Everywhere Dutch (Overal Hollanders) book by J.P Risseeuw – 1965

“Overal Hollanders” by Pieter Johannes Risseeuw (1901 – 1968) is a historical account of Dutch migration and settlement around the world, focusing in particular on Australia. The book was published in 1965 by Bosch & Keuning N.V. in Baarn, the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 15, 2023 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Dutch-Australian photographer Richard Woldendorp

This article is written with the assistance of Richard’s wife Lyn she also made the photo selection below. Lyn is a photo librarian and has been doing this for 60 years.  Richard Woldendorp was born in Utrecht, Holland on the Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 13, 2023 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

Unilever and the Australian link to the rise of margarine.

In 1869, a French chemist named Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès invented a spread made from beef tallow and skimmed milk that he called “margarine.” Margarine was initially viewed with suspicion and was slow to catch on in Europe, but by the late Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 12, 2023 ago
Literature

Dutch emigration literature with regard to Australia 1946 – 1992

The following list of Dutch emigration literature (in a broad sense) includes book titles that specifically relate to emigration of Dutch people to Australia. The list, compiled by Ton van Kalmthout, does not claim to be exhaustive, but forms a Read more…

By DACC, 2 yearsMay 11, 2023 ago
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