Meet Marius de Vos and see the newspaper clipping of his family’s arrival from Holland in 1960. Continue reading
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Meet Anita van Altena and see the silver cork stopper she brought from Holland in 1964 to start up her own business in Australia. Continue reading
Meet Connie Baker and see the tablecloth she made from a sugar bag during WW2 in Holland.
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Meet Hank Runeman and see the marquetry picture made by his grandfather in Holland.
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Meet Dorrie Portegies and see the ukulele her husband made in Indonesia in 1948.
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Meet Bill Kloosterman and see his carpentry tools from Holland.
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Meet Anne Hawker and see her handwritten school diary from Holland.
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Meet Maria Goulding and she her Dutch coffee pot.
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!["This was given to me by my grandfather. He made up a poem - hip hip hooray, today's the day Jacqueline van der Waarden turned 7 years - and you take it to friends and they write a poem in it about you. I have [poems from] girls on the ship and people in the camp."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poesie-150x150.jpg)
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.
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!["There is a great maritime tradition in my family and I still have one cap. Normally [it] would have the name of the company or ship you were sailing on, but this one doesn’t so I kept it as a keepsake. I travelled the world with my job [and] I feel fortunate because it does give you a special viewpoint."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/photo25-150x150.jpg)
Meet Georges Devriendt and see his Belgian Merchant Navy cap. Continue reading
Meet Baukje den Exter and see the sewing box her brother gave her from Indonesia.
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!["When I was working in the machinery factory after the Second World War, I had a Dutch Workers’ Union book. [It] was used to put a stamp in each week when I paid my union fee; it was a record of my contribution. These contributions went towards workers who were ill and unable to work or to create fairer work conditions. I felt it was important to support the union."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/book2-150x150.jpg)
Meet Jan De Kruiff and see his from union book from Holland. Continue reading
Meet Ferdi Boers and see the clarinet he brought over from Holland.
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Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.
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