I grew up on a dairy farm in country Victoria, Australia. I loved growing up on a farm and was very close with my parents and three younger sisters. Sixteen years ago, as a very naive nineteen year old, I boarded a plane for the first time and […]
Dutch Australian Rachel shares her story. Can you help? Comment below! Dear DutchAustralians, I remember the time that I realized that I wanted to go to Australia. I was at work at Heineken in Amsterdam as a tour guide and we had loads of Australians visiting. I immediately […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
