NSW Migration Heritage Centre: ‘Dutch’


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Anita

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Anita van Altena and see the silver cork stopper she brought from Holland in 1964 to start up her own business in Australia.





cork stopper

Anita van Altena

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Anita van Altena and see the silver cork stopper she brought from Holland in 1964 to start up her own business in Australia.





handwritten school diary

Anne Hawker

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Anne Hawker and see her handwritten school diary from Holland.





knife from World War Two

Jacqueline Giuntini

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Jacqueline Giuntini and see the Dutch Poesie book given by her grandfather when she was 7 years old. It contains poems from girls she met on the ship to Australia in 1955.





<em>stoof</em> - a timber stool

Henny, Arthur & Baz Bobeldyk

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.






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