This article is part of a series sharing the stories of Dutch Australians. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Siobhan. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Siobhan a little via this email interview and also through another article that will be published on Dutch Australian soon about her business Clogheels. Here's … Continue reading Meet Dutch Australian Siobhan O’Toole
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Tania de Jong – TEDxMelbourne – How Singing Together Changes the Brain
I'm a huge TED and TEDx fan - if you've not yet watched any of these incredibly inspiring talks, visit TED.com to find out more. Last year, we interviewed Dutch Australian Tania de Jong and I've just watched her TEDxMelbourne talk on How Singing Together Changes The Brain. I'd highly recommend you watch it too, this … Continue reading Tania de Jong – TEDxMelbourne – How Singing Together Changes the Brain
Meet Dutch Australian Carole Overmaat of Dutch TV
Name: Carole Overmaat Place of birth: Arnhem Current place of residence: Melbourne Previous place/s of residence: Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Leiden Connections to Australia: Live here and have a Dutch TV program Connections to The Netherlands: All my family still there What is your level of fluency in English/NL? Dutch is good, English is average Family background: Mum is born in … Continue reading Meet Dutch Australian Carole Overmaat of Dutch TV
Meet Dutch Australian Petra de Jong
This is our first guest post totally in Dutch language! Thanks to Petra de Jong for submitting this piece which first ran in http://www.metrocolumn.nl Geef Nooit Op “Vergeet je plannen om naar Australie te gaan”, zei de man van het Emigratie Advies Bureau. “Met jouw werkervaring en opleiding maak je geen kans. Ga terug naar … Continue reading Meet Dutch Australian Petra de Jong
Quest to regain a Dutch passport – Kelly & Nathan’s story
A few months ago, I received an email from Nathan who is part of the Dutch Australian community on Facebook. His wife was upset to discover she had lost her Dutch citizenship in Australia - and only by a matter of 2 days when laws changed. She is now on a quest to regain a … Continue reading Quest to regain a Dutch passport – Kelly & Nathan’s story
Meet Dutch Australian Lucas Spoel
This article is part of a series sharing the stories of Dutch Australian people. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Lucas Spoel. Here is his story and email interview. This is in his own words and I particularly enjoyed reading his mix of Nederlands and English - that's how our family tends to communicate … Continue reading Meet Dutch Australian Lucas Spoel
Meet Dutch Australian Nerissa Muijs
Today I have the pleasure to introduce Dutch Australian Nerissa Muijs. I met this gorgeous family at the Expatica "I am not a Tourist" Fair in Amsterdam in October 2012. Nerissa was the winner of the blogging competition with her blog Adventures in Integration and I really enjoy reading her posts. I've enjoyed getting to … Continue reading Meet Dutch Australian Nerissa Muijs
Meet Tania de Jong
Tania de Jong AM is a leading Australian soprano and social entrepreneur. She founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to inspire people to find their voice and to improve wellbeing, engagement and innovation in organisations and communities. She has a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and is a graduate of Victorian College of the … Continue reading Meet Tania de Jong
Meet Maurice Wells
Today I'd like to introduce Maurice Wells from Omafiets Dutch Bicycles. Born in Canberra and currently based in Sydney, 27-year-old Maurice has a father born in New Zealand and a Korean mother so is very multicultural! The family have lived in in a lot of different places around the world, at different times calling the United States, Leiden … Continue reading Meet Maurice Wells
Meet Jorgen van Eck
I "met" Jorgen van Eck via Facebook and thought his project sounded really interesting so asked him to complete this profile. Currently living in North Maclean, Queensland, Jorgen is is 42 and was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands and has also lived in Maastricht. He emigrated to Australia in November 1980 with Mum, Dad and younger brother, with … Continue reading Meet Jorgen van Eck