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Live in Newcastle? Dutch connections? Check this out!!
Joop Mul
Now: Ozcloggie / Jo Mulholland
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Ozcloggie moved........
Not very far from my recent address..............
Mr Jo Mulholland.
© Ozcloggie 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
"Tour de Sandringham - the flat stage. "
The peloton staying together at this stage........ chatting a lot!!
Signalling needing a mobile phone?
The last rider..........
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Tap Gallery must STAY!! Don't turn off the Tap!!
1/278 Palmer St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
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© Ozcloggie 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Little did I know, I'd be living here, some years later......
Repeating.........
....when I was driven around the
"Lady Robinsons Beach" - area,
some years ago, I could not have imagined,
how often I would be
walking there
now!!
When it was my turn to assess and write a report on Lady Robinsons Beach, for Keep Australia Beautiful, it was explained to me that it was an area that needed loving care and again: I was so pleased that the next year the area DID receive an award in that competition.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Remembering.........
The exhibition organised by my daughter and my son.
Wish I had the name of the person interviewing me.
I was so pleased. So surprised when I found this on the www,
not long after the exhibition.
Sadly I do not have the names.
Of the young lady who videoed this
or the "interviewer", whose
partner was holding an exhibition
upstairs.
© Ozcloggie 2014.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The "beating heart" of the Dutch-Australian 'presence' needed to move from Chester Hill to Smithfield but it's still 'beating'!!!
In 2005 in her Thematic History of the Dutch in NSW
Kirsten Velhuis wrote:
4.10 Arts & culture
"At a very early stage the Dutch community in NSW demonstrated a great interest and
desire to be involved in cultural and artistic aspects of life. Many of the social clubs,
including Neerlandia and the Netherlands Societies in the Sutherland Shire and
Bankstown had drama and theatre clubs and put on regular performances in the 1950’s
and 60’s (Federation of Netherlands Societies, 1985).
The Dutch Society Concordia wasfounded as a theatre club, and it provided many performances in the Newcastle area28under direction of Pierre Hanssen (de Wit, J. 2004, pers. comm., 10 November). Choirs were also prolific in the 1950’s and evolved from both religious organisations and social
clubs.
A notable choir was the Dutch Choir and Folkloric Group Dee Why (no longer in
existence), under director Isidoor Lammers. This Choir was a combination of ‘Arti Vocale’,
a choir from members of Neerlandia and of ‘Dutch Charge’, a Presbyterian choir in Dee
Why (Hage, 2004). It has performed at the Sydney Opera House and the Carols by
Candlelight in Sydney’s Domain. Another successful choir is the Sunrise Choral Society
from Blacktown, which has performed with Marcia Hines and John English (Federation
of Netherlands Societies, 1985).
The NSW Dutch Folk Dancing Group, founded in 1951 by
Dr Cornelis Wouter keeps alive traditional Dutch folk dancing and has performed at many
festivals, fairs and community events (NSW Dutch Folk Dancing Group, 2001).
There are also a number of successful Dutch individuals who have contributed to the art scene
in Australia, of which the below are only a small selection:
Paul Cox, film maker;
Hendrik Scheltema, painter;
Gerard Haveke, sculpted the fountain in Sydney’s Hyde Park;
Jaap Flier, Artistic Director of the NSW Dance Company;
Pieter van der Stock, singer with Opera Australia;
and Willem van Otterloo, Chief Conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra
(Erasmus Foundation, 1994; Duyker, 1987a).
A final major contributor to the Dutch culture in NSW is the
Dutch Australian Cultural Centre
which was established in 1982 with the aim to collect and preserve the Dutch heritage in Australia.
Though not all in the Dutch community in NSW see the need for such a centre (Ten Brummelaar, 1994) and some even show concern it might compete or interfere with existing clubs and
organisations in some way (Talmacs, P. 2004, pers. comm., 03 September), the Centre
has received grants from the Australian and Dutch governments to achieve its goals. "
Jo Mulholland (Was Joop Mul) Webmaster DACC. 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Dutch-Australian Genealogy is still going STRONG!!!
https://www.facebook.com/DutchAustralianGenealogyGroup
THIS Group is still ALIVE and WELL.
Believe me!!
Facebook seemed to be worried that this page had gone to sleep.
Dutch-Australian Genealogy is still going STRONG!!!
Showed my art here, on my 65th birthday!!!
"TAP is alive and well, but alas, the theatre space will be closed from Nov 5 2014 until further notice
As many of you know, TAP occupies old premises that, despite changing hands twice since we opened, have never been updated. Alas, as time went by and fire safety codes improved, our premises fell behind." .....
© Ozcloggie 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
25 years of TAP GALLERY, in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Well done, Lesley and 'crew'.
Such a user-friendly "down-to-earth", great venue
for bringing people together
to exhibit
matters of all kinds.
Not only visual art,
but,
drama,
and ANYTHING
that is worthy of celebrating
and/or seen
by the general public!
Text, here: © Ozcloggie 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Venue in Darlinghurst, Sydney where so much talent, art, information, theatre, etc., etc. has been shared. It must not stop.
My description: "Down-to-earth", 'comfortable' venue giving so many an opportunity to have their abilities, talents and information seen, heard and recognised.
It must simply continue......
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Keep New South Wales BEAUTIFUL........ Take the pledge!!!
Good to see renewed energy!!!
Keep it up!!
I am STILL
all for.........
KEEPING the 'place'
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
Take the PLEDGE!!!!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Bob's B&B, "up the hill" from Manly.
Became friends with Bob upon my return from a trip to Europe. I'd obviously found that trip which included being back in the Netherlands, where I was born, quite enjoyable but also apparently stressful.
I was covered in hives and Bob suggested that the beach and plenty of sun might be the solution.
And so it was that I got to know Bob & Ron and started 'wearing a track' to Fairlight.
After Ron passed away, Bob very sensibly opened up his home as a B.&B..
I believe that, with his experience of being very well-travelled, he can look after guests very well indeed.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Fairlight Gardens B.&B.. near Manly
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Phone: 61299483236
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Address:66LauderdaleAve,Fairlight *
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While Fairlight Gardens faces Lauderdale Ave, there is the other entrance in
57 Upper Clifford Ave, reached via Asley Parade.
- See more at: http://www.fairlightgardens.com.au/#sthash.qOkC3K1S.dpuf
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
We too were on one of these!! Train with migrants to Bonegilla 1956
We left the harbour at dusk and our whole trip on the train was in the dark. Every so often we passed through railway stations where we saw some lights.
But it was also "Empire Night" and there were bonfires all along the track.
We climbed down after midnight to cross the paddocks and into the dining hall to be allocated our huts.
Great to see here what the train really looked like.
(I was 12. It was May 1956).
Friday, January 17, 2014
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