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{{short description|Ethnic group}}
{{short description|Ethnic group}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Dutch Australians
| group = Dutch Australians
| native_name = {{native name|nl|Nederlandse Australiërs|paren=omit}}
| native_name = {{native name|nl|Nederlandse Australiërs|paren=omit}}
| total = '''381,946''' (by ancestry, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/AUS | title=2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref><br>('''1.5%''' of the [[Demography of Australia|Australian population]])
| total = '''381,946''' (by ancestry, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/AUS | title=2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref><br>('''1.5%''' of the [[Demography of Australia|Australian population]])
<br />'''66,481''' (by birth, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])
<br />'''66,481''' (by birth, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])
| popplace = [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], [[Western Australia]]
| popplace = [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Queensland]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021#data-download | title=Cultural diversity: Census, 2021 &#124; Australian Bureau of Statistics | date=7 April 2022 }}</ref>
| langs = [[Australian English]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| langs = [[Australian English]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| rels = [[Protestantism]], [[Roman Catholic]]ism
| religions = [[Protestantism]] ([[Reformed Christianity|Calvinism]]), [[Catholicism]], [[Irreligion]]
| related = [[Dutch people]]
| related = [[Dutch people]]
| image = Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1072 Dutch Total Responses.svg
}}
}}


'''Dutch Australians''' refers to [[Australians]] of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the [[Dutch diaspora]] outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx {{Bare URL spreadsheet|date=August 2022}}</ref> At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx {{Bare URL spreadsheet|date=August 2022}}</ref>
'''Dutch Australians''' ({{langx|nl|Nederlandse Australiërs}}) refers to [[Australians]] of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the [[Dutch diaspora]] outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.<ref name="GCP AUS">{{Cite web |title=GCP AUS |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="GCP AUS" />


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Dutch Migrant 1954 MariaScholte=50000thToAustraliaPostWW2.jpg|thumb|right|50,000 migrants arrived in 1950s]]
===Early history===
The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain [[Willem Janszoon]], a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil in 1606.<ref>[http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dutch/ozland.htm Early Dutch Landfall Discoveries of Australia]</ref><ref>[http://www.awm.gov.au/alliesinadversity/index.asp Allies in Adversity at the Australian War Memorial]</ref>
The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain [[Willem Janszoon]], a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil (which he christened as [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]]) in 1606.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dutch/ozland.htm |title=Early Dutch Landfall Discoveries of Australia |access-date=10 June 2007 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804181303/http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dutch/ozland.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.awm.gov.au/alliesinadversity/index.asp Allies in Adversity at the Australian War Memorial]</ref>

The [[Dutch East Indies Company]] (VOC) had its headquarters in the Far East in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] (modern-day [[Jakarta]]) from 1619, but traded from many Asian harbours from 1602. The journey from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies would take more than a year by traditional route, but after the discovery of the [[Roaring Forties]] by Dutch captain [[Hendrick Brouwer]], who established the so-called Brouwer Route in 1611 the voyage would be cut short by months, taking a trajectory along the southern latitudes of the Indian Ocean. By 1617 all VOC ships were ordered to take this route. The navigation technique of that time, known as dead reckoning, caused some ships to travel too far east so they sighted the Australian west coast, and a small number of them were wrecked there. [[Dirk Hartog]] made the first European landing of the Australian west coast with a pewter plate in 1616. Known ships wrecked off that include the ''[[Batavia (1628 ship)|Batavia]]'', the ''[[Vergulde Dreak]]'', the ''[[Zuytdorp]]'' and the ''[[Zeewijk]]''. The wreck of the ''Batavia'' on [[Houtman Abrolhos]] during her maiden voyage, turned into a bloody mutiny led by [[Jeronimus Corneliszoon]] after the survivors had landed on an island and Commander Pelsaert had left to get help. On his return he court marshalled the mutineers, some were hanged. From the convicted mutineers, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom the Bie were, because of their youth, put on the mainland with some provisions to fend for themselves. They became arguably the first convicts to be dumped on the mainland. The most famous Dutch seafarer to explore the Australian coasts is [[Abel Tasman]], who was the first to circumvigate the continent in 1642–3. He established that the land was not the gigantic legendary southern continent that included the South Pole and he named it ''[[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]]''. [[Tasmania]] which Tasman had named [[Van Diemens Land]] and the [[Tasman Sea]] were eventually named after him. Most of the Australian coastline was first charted by VOC mariners, excluding the east coast and the eastern part of the south coast. The continent would be renamed "[[Australia]]" in the 19th century.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===20th century===
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[[File:Dutch Migrant 1954 MariaScholte=50000thToAustraliaPostWW2.jpg|thumb|right|50,000 migrants arrived in 1954]]
A number of people from the [[Dutch East Indies]] (present-day [[Indonesia]]) found their way to Australia during [[World War II]] and joined Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese. The Dutch East Indies government operated from Australia during the war. Free Dutch Submarines operated out of [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]] after the invasion of [[Java]]. The joint [[No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF|No. 18]] and [[No. 120 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF|No. 120]] [[RAAF]] squadrons formed at Canberra, and was a combined Dutch and Australian Squadron. It used B-25 Mitchell bombers, supplied by the Dutch Government before the war. The [[Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service]] (NEFIS) was based in Melbourne during the war.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Post-war settlers in Australia arrived as part of [[Post war immigration to Australia|Australia's assisted migration program]]. Many arrived by sea on the [[MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt|MS ''Johan van Oldenbarnevelt'']], while others flew with [[KLM]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Inner Sydney by SLA - BCP field 1072 Dutch Total Responses.svg|thumb]]
At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx {{Bare URL spreadsheet|date=August 2022}}</ref> At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx {{Bare URL spreadsheet|date=August 2022}}</ref>
At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.<ref name="GCP AUS" /> At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="GCP AUS" />


==Notable Dutch Australians==
==Notable Dutch Australians==
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*[[Brendon Ah Chee]], [[Australian rules football]]er
* [[Brendon Ah Chee]], [[Australian rules football]]er
*[[Callum Ah Chee]], Australian rules footballer
* [[Callum Ah Chee]], Australian rules footballer
*[[Leila Alcasid]], singer and songwriter
* [[Leila Alcasid]], singer and songwriter
*[[Beeb Birtles]], musician
* [[Beeb Birtles]], musician
*[[Andrew Bolt]], political commentator
* [[Andrew Bolt]], political commentator
*[[Dirk Bolt]], architect
* [[Dirk Bolt]], architect
*[[Stephanie Brantz]], sports presenter
* [[Stephanie Brantz]], sports presenter
*[[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]], filmmaker
* [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]], filmmaker
*[[Guillaume Daniel Delprat]], GM BHP
* [[Guillaume Daniel Delprat]], GM BHP
*[[Joe de Bruyn]]
* [[Joe de Bruyn]]
*[[Mitchell Langerak]]
* [[Mitchell Langerak]]
*[[Chris Vermeulen]]
* [[Chris Vermeulen]]
*[[Kate Langbroek]], broadcaster and comedian
* [[Kate Langbroek]], broadcaster and comedian
*[[Dick Dusseldorp]], filmmaker
* [[Dick Dusseldorp]], filmmaker
*[[John Elferink]]
* [[John Elferink]]
*[[Joanna Gash]]
* [[Joanna Gash]]
*[[Kurt Lambeck]], geophysicist and glaciologist
* [[Kurt Lambeck]], geophysicist and glaciologist
*[[Rolf de Heer]], filmmaker
* [[Rolf de Heer]], filmmaker
*[[Chris Hemsworth]], actor
* [[Chris Hemsworth]], actor
*[[Liam Hemsworth]], actor
* [[Liam Hemsworth]], actor
*[[Annita Keating van Iersel]]
* [[Annita Keating van Iersel]]
*[[Hendrik (Hank) Koopman]], country music artist<ref>the book of Australian Country Music. The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Company</ref>
* [[Hendrik (Hank) Koopman]], country music artist<ref>the book of Australian Country Music. The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Company</ref>
*[[Willy Lust]], athlete
* [[Willy Lust]], athlete
*[[Gerlof Mees]], ornithologist, curator, and ichthyologist
* [[Gerlof Mees]], ornithologist, curator, and ichthyologist
*[[Dirk Nannes]]
* [[Dirk Nannes]]
*[[Jan Ruff O'Herne]], human rights activist
* [[Jan Ruff O'Herne]], human rights activist
*[[Ryan Papenhuyzen]], rugby league player
* [[Ryan Papenhuyzen]], rugby league player
*[[Nonja Peters]]
* [[Nonja Peters]]
*[[Eric Roozendaal]]
* [[Eric Roozendaal]]
*[[Roy Rene]], comedian & vaudevillian
* [[Roy Rene]], comedian & vaudevillian
*[[Ben Rutten]], Australian rules footballer
* [[Ben Rutten]], Australian rules footballer
*[[Alexander Smits]]
* [[Alexander Smits]]
*[[Lina Teoh]], model, actress, TV host, former Channel [V] VJ, and former beauty queen ([[Miss World 1998]]), born to Dutch mother
* [[Lina Teoh]], model, actress, TV host, former Channel [V] VJ, and former beauty queen ([[Miss World 1998]]), born to Dutch mother
*[[Harry Vanda]]
* [[Harry Vanda]]
*[[Richard Vandenberg]], Australian rules footballer
* [[Richard Vandenberg]], Australian rules footballer
*[[Nathan Van Berlo]], Australian rules footballer
* [[Nathan Van Berlo]], Australian rules footballer
*[[Timm van der Gugten]], cricketer
* [[Timm van der Gugten]], cricketer
*[[Paul Vander Haar]]
* [[Paul Vander Haar]]
*[[Michelle van Eimeren]], former beauty queen and former actress and TV host in the [[Philippines]]
* [[Michelle van Eimeren]], former beauty queen and former actress and TV host in the [[Philippines]]
*[[Dan van Holst Pellekaan]] - 14th Deputy Premier of South Australia
* [[Dan van Holst Pellekaan]] - 14th Deputy Premier of South Australia
*[[Alfred van der Poorten]], number theorist
* [[Alfred van der Poorten]], number theorist
*[[Peter van Onselen]], author & academic
* [[Peter van Onselen]], author & academic
*[[Bert van Manen]]
* [[Bert van Manen]]
*[[Jan Hendrik Scheltema]], artist
* [[Jan Hendrik Scheltema]], artist
*[[Tammy van Wisse]]
* [[Tammy van Wisse]]
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* [[Johnny Young]]
* Tessa van Veenendaal, doctor
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* [[Gus Winckel]], military officer and pilot
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*[[Johnny Young]]
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* [[Richard Woldendorp]], photographer
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*[[Gus Winckel]], military officer and pilot
* [[Scott Edwards (cricketer)]], captain of The Netherlands Cricket team
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*[[Richard Woldendorp]], photographer
*[[John van Lieshout]], Queensland's richest person, from furniture stores and real estate development
* [[John van Lieshout]], Queensland's richest person, from furniture stores and real estate development
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* [[Immigration history of Australia]]
* [[Immigration history of Australia]]
* [[Belgian Australians]]
* [[Belgian Australians]]
* [[Danish Australians]]
* [[Danish Australians]]
* [[French Australians]]
* [[German Australians]]
* [[German Australians]]
* [[Icelandic Australians]]
* [[Icelandic Australians]]
* [[Norwegian Australians]]
* [[Norwegian Australians]]
* [[South African Australians]]
* [[Swedish Australians]]
* [[Swedish Australians]]
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==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 22 December 2024

Dutch Australians
Nederlandse Australiërs
Total population
381,946 (by ancestry, 2021)[1]
(1.5% of the Australian population)
66,481 (by birth, 2021)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
Languages
Australian English, Dutch
Religion
Protestantism (Calvinism), Catholicism, Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Dutch people

Dutch Australians (Dutch: Nederlandse Australiërs) refers to Australians of Dutch ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the Dutch diaspora outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[2]

History

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50,000 migrants arrived in 1950s

The history of the Dutch and Australia began with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, who was the first European to land on Australian soil (which he christened as New Holland) in 1606.[3][4]

Demographics

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At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.5% of the Australian population.[2] At the 2021 census, there were 66,481 Australian residents who were born in the Netherlands.[2]

Notable Dutch Australians

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "GCP AUS". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ "Early Dutch Landfall Discoveries of Australia". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  4. ^ Allies in Adversity at the Australian War Memorial
  5. ^ the book of Australian Country Music. The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Company

Further reading

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  • Bureau of Immigration Research (1991) Community profiles, Netherlands born Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-14026-7
  • Duyker, E. (1987) The Dutch in Australia Melbourne: AE Press, Australian ethnic heritage series. ISBN 0-86787-215-2
  • Duyker, E.; York, B. (1994) Exclusions and admissions: the Dutch in Australia, 1902–1946 Canberra: Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies. ISBN 0-7315-1913-2
  • Eysbertse, D. (1997) Where waters meet: Bonegilla: the Dutch migrant experience North Brighton: Erasmus Foundation. ISBN 0-646-31005-4
  • Mencke, A.; Van der Schaaf, T. (1979) The distribution of Dutch immigrants in Australia 1947–1976 Thesis (PhD), University of Groningen
  • Peters, N.; Schwarz, N.; Noakes, K. (2003) Transpositions: contextualising recent Dutch Australian art Perth: Art on the Move. ISBN 0-9581859-1-3
  • Peters, N. (2006) The Dutch Down Under, 1606–2006 Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1-920694-75-7
  • Schindlmayr, T. (2000) 1996 census: Netherlands born Dept. of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Statistics Section. ISBN 0-642-39909-3
  • Zierke, E.; Smid, M.; Snelleman, P. (1997) Old ties, new beginnings: Dutch women in Australia Carrum Downs, Vic. Dutch Care Ltd. ISBN 0-646-30854-8
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