20th century Dutch Australians



in 1954 50,000th dutch migrant arrived; maria scholte right of picture


a number of dutch people dutch east indies (now indonesia) found way australia during world war ii , fought allied forces. netherlands east indies government operated australia during war. eleven free dutch submarines operated out of fremantle after invasion of java, joint no. 18 (netherlands east indies) squadron raaf, established in 1942 , no. 120 formed @ canberra, combined dutch , australian squadron dual command, used b-25 mitchell bombers, paid dutch government before war. no. 18 later moved northern australia, no. 120 western australia , later transferring overseas. netherlands east indies forces intelligence service (also known acronym nefis), based in melbourne during world war ii.


some dutch settlers in australia arrived part of australia s post world war ii assisted migration program , indonesia. many dutch immigrants arrived sea on ms johan van oldenbarnevelt, while others flew australia on klm, or royal dutch airlines.







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