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Dutch businesses in Australia

Long agriculture history between Australia and the Netherlands

Being the 2nd largest export of agriculture products, The Netherlands has a very long relationship with Australia in relation to agriculture. Already in the 1970 the Netherlands participated in agriculture events in Orange NSW. Further down below is an article Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 26, 2022 ago
Dutch – Australian History

Dutch Dugong fisherman killed by Aboriginal people in 1859

I came across a reference of a Dutchman killed by Aboriginal people in February 1859 in Moreton Bay, Brisbane. At this time, this was still part of NSW as the separation of Queensland only happened later that year.

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 25, 2022 ago
Migration history

Migration story of Dr Jurriaan Beek – GP at Casino NSW

This story outlines the history of how the Beek family (Father, Mother and two sons) came to migrate to Australia.

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 24, 2022 ago
Military and Political History

Jeff Crosbie – Australian Gunner at the 18 NEI RAAF Squadron

On 22 January 1944 RAAF Flight Sergeant Jeff Crosbie reported for duty at the aircrew headquarters tent of 18 NEI-RAAF Squadron at Batchelor, Northern Territory. When the Dutch had to flee Netherlands East Indies, after the Japanese invaded the country, Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 23, 2022 ago
Military and Political History

Indonesian War Graves at Cowra (Netherlands East indies)

When the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies, some 20,000 Dutch and Indonesians (Netherlands East Indies – NEI) fled to Australia. As Australia had a strict White Australian Policies, native people from NEI where housed separately. Of them 1,200 Indonesian Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 22, 2022 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

The history of the Dutch Australian Weekly

The Sydney-based Dutch Australian Weekly (DAW) was founded in 1951 by Alfred Schuurman and A. Hilbrink with the assistance of Earl White from the Cumberland Newspapers. The paper was established to serve the Dutch community in Australia, providing news, features, Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 21, 2022 ago
Aviation and Shipping

Dutch War Cemetery Perth incl. names of people killed

This is the only official Dutch War Cemetery in Australia. It is only one of three non Commonwealth War Cemeteries in Australia, the other two being the Tatura (German) War Cemetery in Victoria (250 graves) and the Cowra (Japanese) War Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 21, 2022 ago
Literature

Nonja Peters: Historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher

Dr Nonja Peters is an historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher whose expertise is transnational migration (forced and voluntary) and resettlement in Australia. She is the author of several books, museum exhibitions, journal articles, TV documentaries, and government reports. Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 20, 2022 ago
Dutch businesses in Australia

The Smallgoods business story of Hans and Anthony van de Drift

Hans van de Drift – Hans The story of one of Australia’s largest sausage manufacturers ‘ Hans’ begins in the Netherlands. Hans van der Drift tried to escape being in the army (draft was still a thing back then) AND Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 18, 2022 ago
News and Updates

In 1854, the Dutch vessel ‘Bato’ rescues survivors of the three shipwrecks along the Queensland coast.

The ‘Fatima’ was bound from Melbourne to Batavia (Jakarta). On the 26th of June 1854 the vessel was wrecked on the Great Detached Reef, twelve miles south of Raine’s Island. The shipwrecked crew and passenger were recovered by the Dutch Read more

By DACC, 3 yearsDecember 17, 2022 ago
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