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• klokken
  by bellmusker

  I have…held a decapitated human head in my hands, sliced neatly in half, and marvelled at the astounding beauty contained within.

  I wrote this piece for a zine in the US. The aim was to write your life story in only a few hundred words, and it was surprising for me to see which of my experiences flowed out of my pen.

• KESWICK ISLAND - CHAPTER 1 - BEWARE DUTCH MEN IN BIG HATS
  by Karin Taylor

  Introduction / Chapter 2....

• Review of the 'Dutch Masters' Exhibition
  by Marilyn Brown

  The Dutch Masters Exhibition is an extensive collection from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

• from Dutch to Dust.
  by Ozcloggie

  No more Clog dancers or choirs singing about a glorious sunrise. Just the occasional sound of a lonely piano-accordion, on very special o…

  Dutch-Australians, assimilated, re-emigrated, dissipated. Eliminated.

• The meaning of OzCloggie.
  by Ozcloggie

  Part of getting into teachers college, to become, eventually, a public servant, was to be naturalised and if that meant I was staying, t…

  Born in Gouda (Yes! Where the cheese comes from! We’re sick of saying that!) / Migrated when I was twelve, just in time for puberty and high school where teachers spoke a language I did not understand, yet. / Been here 51 years. I’m an OzCloggie!

• St Nicholas is coming..........
  by MrJoop

  The Dutch established themselves in the U.S.. They brought with them, the tradition of celebrating St Nicholas Day (Sinterklaas Dag) and…

  Time to practise playing the piano-accordion again. It’s close to St Nicholas Day. / In recent years, in the Juliana Retirement Village, Miranda, the Abel Tasman Village in Chester Hill and the Rembrandt Club, in St Marys, I’ve accompanied the singing.

• I knew some Dutch people once, they were lovely people.
  by Ozcloggie

  It is often stated that fourth and fifth generation descendants, like to find out more about the background of their ancestors. Will we h…

  The Dutch Australian Cultural Centre, in Sydney, needs a (new) permanent home. It had to leave its original location. Is there a need for such a resource? If so, who will volunteer?

• What to do with the Dutch Australian heritage?
  by Ozcloggie

  What to do with this Dutch Australia heritage. / On May 14, 2001, the then Consul-General of the Netherlands, Mr Ed J. Reitsma, spoke…

  Calling on all Dutch-Australians, particularly, in NSW, to consider this question, put, in 2001, to the Netherlands Society in Sydney member, who gathered to hear a speech by the then consul-general of the Netherlands, Mr Ed J. Reitsma.

• Grafiek nu
  by Martin Derksema

  Grafiek nu is an annual exibition of Dutch contemporary Graphic Art.

  Grafiek nu is an annual exibition of Dutch contemporary Graphic Art.

• Assimilation - bah humbug!!!
  by Ozcloggie

  After all, this is where they were born. Their identity!! Their place in the world! No matter how much they, or their parents tried to be…

  Another day, spent in the Dutch Australian Cultural Centre and seeing how obvious it is that, no matter how hard immigrants, (from the Neherlands ) tried to be Aussie, they cannot deny their roots!!

• Those Dutch-Australians, stuck in the fifties.
  by Ozcloggie

  Let’s not under estimate Australians. They also know that Holland isn’t full of people, in national costumes, wearing clogs and singing…

  Letting of steam about the on-going tendency of the new generation thinking they know better. The more things change….....

• Bloemenrok
  by liesbeth

  Bloemenrok Een rok met bloemen / Is mijn gedachte aan jou / Met veel liefde gemaakt / Is hij uiteindelijk toch in de voddenzak geraakt / ...

  in remembrance of my mum who died of cancer when i was 19. hope you can find your own words to feel a bit what it means to me; / A skirt with flowers / is my memory of you / made for me with al your love / it finally became a rag (after wearing it day after day after day..) the one who made it and the gesture / will be in my memory forever / alive and with a happy smile / these are forever your flowers for me.

• Letting off steam! He had a dream. But dreams can be just illusions.
  by Ozcloggie

  Meanwhile, the beating heart of the (now) D.A.C.C., is on life-support behind the Dutch shop, in 85 Market Street, Smithfield.

  The centre of Dutch heritage and culture, in Sydney, is currently not as permanent, as was once hoped. My father gets great care in the retirement village. When he was president of the Netherlands Society, in Bankstown, he was proud to hand over a contribution, on behalf of the members, to help build a place where the elderly could retire and their off-spring could go to enjoy and find their Dutch heritage.

• Translation - Babu by Ariella Kornmehl
  by Faith Hunter

  “Met Babu”. / Ik leg snel neer. / Nu weet ik hoe hij heet. “Babu.” / Quickly, I hang up. / Now I know his name.

  Translated with permission of the author. / Written in Dutch by Ariella Kornmehl / www.kornmehl.nl / Copyright Ariella Kornmehl Translation by Faith Hunter / Copyright English Translation Faith Hunter 2008 / Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. © All rights reserved~Faith Hunter 2000-2008

• Translation - The Night Mother by Carel Donck
  by Faith Hunter

  It was about ten thirty New Year’s Eve and I only had a couple of hours to live.

  Translated with the publishers permision. / De Nachtmoeder, Roman by Carel Donck / Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers 2008 / Amsterdam Antwerpen / http://www.arbeiderspers.nl/ Contact Michele Hutchison for all queries with respect to foreign rights. m.hutchison@arbeiderspers.nl The night mother / A novel / By Carel Donck / Translated from the Dutch by Faith Hunter 2008. / Copyright english translation Faith Hunter Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. © All rights reserved~Faith Hunter 2000-2008

• Translation - Excerpt from Tomorrow we’re in Pamplona by Jan van Mersbergen
  by Faith Hunter

  He jabs. / —Stop it! / He jabs once again, and again he hears a bell, louder and clearer than the first. —Stop, someone screams.

  First published in Dutch as Morgen zijn we in Pamplona by Jan van Mersbergen / Copyright Jan van Mersbergen / Uitgeverij Cossee , Amsterdam, Netherlands 2007 / www.cossee.com Translated from Dutch by Faith Hunter with publisher’s permission. / English translation copyright Faith Hunter 2008 For information regarding foreign rights please contact Eva Cossee at cossee@cossee.com Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. © All rights reserved~Faith Hunter 2000-2008 except as per contract with Scribe Publications Australia

• 13 in one week !! My featured photos in *Dutch Touch*
  by ienemien

  I am really Happy!!!! To see THIRTEEN FEATURED PHOTOS* this week in group Dutch Touch Here they are!! !http://images-1.redbubbl…

• The "link". Am I MISSING something? Is there a Dutch link?
  by MrJoop

  Therefore, I do not understand how the establishment of Dutchlink is facilitating the information flow between all these organisations …

  The description: community is so often too easily used. Is there a Dutch Community, in Sydney. Are Dutch-Australians here, truly linked?

• Marriage
  by Glitter

  We were dressed like people from the 1930’s and even had a car from then, that still drove (Peugeot, 1935).

  This is how I feel about my marriage. Been married for a couple of weeks now, got married on February 21st, 2008.. And I absolutely love it! / Hope you like reading about it!

• They say that we're feeble with age, Maggie,.....
  by MrJoop

  What will happen to the heritage that those people, now into their declining years, brought to Australia? / Will it be valued? Appreciated?

  During general business tonight, the question came up: What will happen to our heritage? I.e., what will happen to what my parents and I brought to Australia, when we left everything behind, in Gouda and ended up in Sydney?

• Support us and what do you get? An elephant?
  by MrJoop

  I have been invited, tomorrow, to describe to a consultant, engaged by the Dutch Australian Cultural Centre (The D.A.C.C.) the benefits t…

  The D.A.C.C., has engaged a consultant, to help find sponsorship and return the centre to an own building, set-up to inform generations to come, on the heritage brought to Australia, by the Dutch. / Mr Rudd called a 2020 conference. / I* am asking for your input, *here!

• Schooldays. That old gang of mine. Back to Chester Hill. What goes around...
  by MrJoop

  Willy, who was a cute little class-mate, in Mr Berretty’s class, tells me that I was already such a typical teacher, when I was 12 and b…

  Saturday 25th October: Chester Hill Public School celebrates 50 years of quality education. I was there, briefly, right at the beginning.

• Lily and our (small) multicultural world.
  by MrJoop

  Lilly told me that Beatrix, the queen of the Netherlands, has one of her paintings!!

  The people I’ve spoken to, this last week, in the Tap Gallery, corner Burton and Palmer Street, Darlinghurst.

• Going Dutch!
  by barbreck

  On the way back down the hill we stopped off at one of Scotland’s best pubs… The Moulin Hotel, where we pinched a few logs from their d…

  Friends enjoying the best of Perthshire, Scotland