Anna Johanna Maria van Iersel, known as Annita, is an accomplished Dutch-born Australian artist and the former spouse of Paul Keating, a former Prime Minister of Australia. She held the name Annita Keating from 1975 to 1998. Annita van Iersel Read more
I’ve been doing interviews of Dutch migrants for the Dutch Courier newspaper since a couple of years, and prior to that I wrote many articles about events in my retirement village, or at the Dutch Club in Qld, or Dutch Read more
The Waterman was one of the three former American Victory ships acquired by the Dutch Government after the Second World War. Together with the Groote Beer and Zuiderkruis, she became part of the Kleine Drie—the “Little Three”—that carried Dutch emigrants Read more
Researched by Ruby Todorovski, researcher at the University of Queensland. Source: National Archives of Australia. Netherlands East Indies Commission for Australia and New Zealand Netherlands East Indies Government-in-Exile in Australia (1944-1946) Netherlands Forces in Australia WWII Evacuees from Netherlands East Read more
Rebuilding a military presence after the fall of the Netherlands East Indies The Japanese conquest of the Netherlands East Indies in early 1942 destroyed much of the Dutch colonial military organisation in Southeast Asia. Most personnel of the Royal Netherlands Read more
This file, researched by Ruby Todorovski researcher at the University of Queensland includes documents regarding people who wanted to migrate to Australia after the war and issues regarding the repatriation of service people. See also: Evacuees from Netherlands East Indies Read more
All files below were researched by Ruby Todorovski, researcher University of Queensland Netherlands East Indies, Transfer of Government Officials to Australia – 1942 7th March 1942, Dr van Mook, van Oyen and van Plas arrived in Perth Major-General Van Oyen Read more
On 30 August 2023 Arend Reinirus and Catherina Berendina Brugman-Harmes were posthumous awarded the title: Righteous Among the Nations by Mr Chris Cantor the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Israel in Australia. The medal and certificate were Read more
Although part of the south coast, from Cape Leeuwin to around Fowlers Bay, was first mapped in 1627, there are no documented accounts of any visits until Vancouver entered King Georges Sound on 29 September 1791, staying until 11 October Read more
Nhanda is an Aboriginal language of Western Australia, once spoken along the coastal strip from possibly as far south as Hill River north through to Champion Bay and the mouth of the Murchison, up to country just south of Shark Read more