Our Dutch heritage? MOST of us still do "Sinterklaas" (St Nicholas Day)

"Sinterklaas" was taken by the Dutch to America and they anglicised the name to Santa Claus.

Now Dutch-Australians tend to have two visitors: Sinterklaas (on the 5th) and Santa Claus (on the 25th)!!

Yvonne Louis' book about her Dutch background.

Mighty Car Mods - How To Install a Tacho Gauge (SE01 EP21)

OzCloggie Art Exhibition - "Remi, from Sans Famille" (Alleen Op De Wereld)

YOUR story about migrating from Holland to Australia, please!

E. ten Brummelaar 'put together' ("collected") facts, figures, anecdotes, opinions, etc., re migrating from the Netherlands to Australia, in a small booklet: Tulips under the Gum Tree.
It would be good to build up a second edition, with additional impressions, stories, etc..

From page 33, Tulips under the Gum Tree, by Eef ten Brummelaar.
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” Are you Australian?
Yes we naturalised. Everything improved all the time. We thought it would be fair with respect to the (born-) Australians, who like so much for us to have their nationality.
We would never have had in Holland, what we have here now. A beautiful large house, a boat, two cars. In Holland I would have been happy if I had a bike.”

Anything you don’t like?

I have to think about that one. In the beginning I thought it strange that nobody said ‘gooday’ (“gedag zeggen”) to you.
Yes. a bit of the “How are you, all right,” but not really wishing you a good day.
I had to get used to other manners. In the beginning they looked down at us. We were only migrants! They thought we came out of the slums. And I did not speak enough English to defend myself.” page 33
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In Australia, combining the responses of the second generation with those of the Netherlands-born (5 years and over), at the time of the 1991 Census, a total of around 42,000 persons reported that they spoke dutch at home. page 24
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Are you Dutch-Australian? Then you’ll probably identify with THIS
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PLEASE NOTE......The LINK here, was to a NING website, which is now no longer active (no longer "free").
The IDEA is still worth pursuing!!! Please contact jo at ozcloggie . com !

Meanwhile.....

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HAVE you checked out my art?
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Dutch-born Australians (Tulips under the Gum Tree), please participate.

YOUR stories, anecdotes, impressions, etc, please, for a possible new edition of 'Tulips under the Gum Tree' (the booklet that was 'collected' by Eef ten Brummelaar, for the (then ) D.A.C..) DO IT NOW! HERE!!

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"Kolhorn, North Holland - near Barsingerhorn." Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4577234-1] - RedBubble

"Kolhorn, North Holland - near Barsingerhorn." Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4577234-1] - RedBubble

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Dutch Touch - Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Calendars, Greeting Cards - RedBubble

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"The "orphanage", where I danced, sang and played games. " Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4551172-3] - RedBubble

"The "orphanage", where I danced, sang and played games. " Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4551172-3] - RedBubble

"The "orphanage", where I danced, sang and played games. " Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4551172-3] - RedBubble

"The "orphanage", where I danced, sang and played games. " Fine Art Print by MrJoop [4551172-3] - RedBubble