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| 08.02.94 | Richard Read | Prosecutor for the Queen, "Child Victims of Sexual Assault and the Criminal Justice System", Danish Club |
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| 06.05.94 | Freek de Jonge (Dutch cabaretier) | Show by Dutch Cabaretier, Dutch Club Abel Tasman, organised with the Dutch Consulate General |
| 14.06.94 | Leon Zimmerman | Senior Lecturer Swinburne, "Australia beyond 2000", Danish Club |
| 29.07.94 | Marion Bloem, Astrid Roemer, Aya Zikken, Josien Laurier, Kristien Hemmerechts | Five Dutch authors "Welcome to Melbourne" meeting, readings and questions, organised with assistance from the Dutch Consulate General and the Association of Dutch Clubs and the Dutch Courier, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 09.08.94 | Prof Bruce Donaldson | Associate Professor in Germanic languages at the University of Melbourne, "The Unveiling of the Australian Coast by Dutch Explorers", Danish Club |
| 23.09.94 | Prof Dr Henk van Os | Director Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, "The Rijksmuseum as a Shrine for Rembrandt's Nightwatch", organised with the Dutch Consulate General, Old Arts Building, Melbourne Uni |
| 19.10.94 | Jan Stracke | The Kröller Muller Museum, Danish Club |
| 24.11.94 | Dr Kirby Talley | "The Dutch Delta Plan, a nation mobilises for conservation, past, present and future", Danish Club |
| 30.11.94 | Robert Parthesius | Specialist in the Dutch East India Company history, "The Batavia, its unlucky voyage and happy return", organised with the Dutch Consulate General and the Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, Dutch Club Abel Tasman, |
| 15.02.95 | Prof Alan Rodger | Prof Architecture and Planning, Melbourne Uni, "Sustainable urban development", Danish Club |
| 09.05.95 | David van Iterson | Consul General Melbourne, "Between prohibition and legislation, the perennial discussion on drug control and strategy", Danish Club |
| 22.04.95 | Phil Meyer (of William Angliss) and Peter Segal (of Lactos) | Wine & Cheese Tasting, Pacific Leisure (Hartman) showroom, Cheltenham, jointly with ANCOC |
| 13.06.95 | Peter Horton | National Marketing Manager SBS Radio, "What is the role of SBS", Danish Club |
| 08.08.95 | Dr Ursula Hoff, AO OBE | Retired Dep Director NGV, Research Associate Fine Arts Melb Uni, "English Travellers in Holland of the Golden Age", Danish Club |
| 12.09.95 | Akky van Ogtrop | Director Akky van Ogtrop Fine Arts Gallery, Sydney, "Prints and the Print Market", Danish Club |
| 27.11.95 | Lustrum Party | 30 Years Erasmus with the Three Maria's (Latin American music), Danish Club |
| 04.3.96 to 22.03.96 | Exhibition "The Other Dutch" | Exhibition to remember Dutch people born and bred in Indonesia, organised with Tempo Doeloe and DAC Sydney, supported by the Dutch Consulate General, Dutch Consulate, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne |
| 13.02.96 | Drs Henk Bak | Lecturer History and Art Monash Uni, "Dutch Landscape", Danish Club |
| 02.04.96 | Dr Poedijono | Gamalan Specialist, "The Characters of Javanese Wajang Kulit", Danish Club |
| 22.05.96 | Jan Stracke | "The Language of COBRA", Danish Club, Danish Club |
| 26.06.96 | Prof Wim Blauw | Prof Sociology Erasmus Uni Rotterdam, "Dutch Mirror on the Dutch", Danish Club, Note: ---------------------Co-ordinated by us Prof Blauw and Jan Stracke are co-authors of a planned book "The Move Down Under". This was completed and edited by Dr Nonja Peters in Feb 2006 under the title " The Dutch Down Under 1606- 2006" |
| 06.08.96 | Justus Veeneklaas | Chairman and CEO Philips Australia, "Making things better", Danish Club |
| 08.10.96 | Jan Bylstra | Surfing the Internet, Danish Club |
| 08.10.96 | Drs Johanna Kits Nieuwenkamp | Senior Adviser for International Bioethical issues, "Developments in Europe in the Field of “Human Rights and Bioethics”, jointly with the Australian Institute Of International Affairs, Dyason House, East Melbourne, 5:30-7 pm. |
| 26.11.96 | Prof Margaret Mannion | Emeritus Dean, Fine Arts Melb Uni, "Recent Perspectives on Dutch Franco Flemish Painting in the 15th Century", Danish Club |
| 04.12.96 | Kylie Davis Double Bass | Willem van Otterloo Prize, Awarded by Dutch Ambassador Roelof R Smit, Melbourne Townhall |
| 11.02.97 | Kurt Albrecht | Owner Kozminsky jewellery, "19th Century Gold and Silversmiths in Australia", Danish Club |
| 08.04.97 to 18.05.97 | Bonegilla - Where Waters Meet Exhibition | Opening by Sir Arvi Parbo, Old Treasury Building, Melbourne, Organised by Dirk and Marijke Eysbertse (including authoring of the book with the same name) with support and sponsorship from us |
| 22.04.97 | Prof Desmond Cahill | Prof Intercultural Studies RMIT, "Racism and Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Australian Society", Danish Club |
| 10.6.97 | Helga Hill and the Early Music Consort | Music and Instruments of the Renaissance period, Danish Club |
| 12.08.97 | Juliette Flesh | Head Collection Management Melb Uni Library, "Melbourne University Library Collection", Danish Club |
| 26.09.97 to 05.10.97 | Bonegilla '97 - 50th Anniversary Festival with the Exhibition Bonegilla - Where Waters Meet | Opened by Dutch Vice Minister Social Affairs and Employment Frank de Grave, Latchford Barracks, Bonegilla 27/9-5/10/97. Attendees, amongst others, Dutch Ambassador Roelof Smit, Consul-General David van Iterson and Dep Prime Minister Tim Fischer |
| 14.10.97 | Jan Brokken (Dutch author) | Readings from the Rainbird - "A central African Journey", Danish Club |
| 04.12.97 | Kylie Davies, double bass | Willem van Otterloo Prize, Awarded by the Dutch Ambassador Roelof Smit, Melbourne Town Hall |
| 12.11.97 to 06.12.97 | Exhibition of works by Dutch-Australian artists | Opened by Rita Kok-Roukema, wife of Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, Tower Hall Malthouse. This exhibition was initially organised by Jan Stracke and after his death completed by Wil Stracke and Thea Winoto |
| 10.02.98 | Dr Frank Heckes | Senior Lecturer Art History Latrobe Uni, "Rembrandt's Life and Art", Danish Club |
| 07.04.98 | Dianne Gabb | For Faith and Ideology |
| 02.06.98 | Maria Zijlstra | ABC Radio Presenter "The Europeans, "An Australian Discovers Europe", Danish Club |
| 21.07.98 | Rosalind Price (Allen & Unwin), John (translator) and Agnes Nieuwenhuizen (author young adults literature) | Two Way Traffic, Danish Club |
| 22.08.98 | Film Afternoon | Screening Dutch film "Karakter" in the Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 08.09.98 | Painters Nel ten Wolde & Piet Noest | Discuss their painting techniques, Danish Club |
| 10.10.98 | Leo Oosterweghel | Director Melbourne Zoo, "History and Development Melbourne Zoo" and tour Melbourne Zoo Parkville |
| 13.10.98 | Drs Renny van Heuven - van Nes | Curator Prints and Drawings Het Loo Palace Museum, "Three Queens in one Century 1898-1998", Danish Club |
| 24.11.98 | Annette Welkamp | Manager Major Projects Nat Wool Museum Geelong, "Pharaohs in Geelong? Did I hear that right", Danish Club |
| 11.12.98 - 28.03.99 | Exhibition Bonegilla - Where Waters Meet | Opened on 11 Dec by Acting Dutch Consul General Roel Bouwman, Immigration Museum, Adelaide. The exhibition ran till the end of March 1999 |
| 16.2.99 | Marco Van Pagee (Conductor Geminiani Orchestra) | Orchestral and chamber music tutor VCA, "Import, Export, A Music Perspective", Danish Club |
| 30.3.99 | F Springer (Dutch author) | Interview with Dr Liesbeth Dolk (lecturer Dutch and colonial literature) and readings, "Journey with F Springer", organised together with Tempo Doeloe, Danish Club |
| 08.06.99 | Jason Walker | Volunteer Interviewer for Shoa, "Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation", Victoria Hotel, Albert Park |
| 27.07.99 | Irina Reitsema | St Petersburg and Holland - The Connection, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 07.09.99 | Bart van Oort | Piano recital, works of Haydn, Fodor and Mozart organised together with the Dutch Consulate General, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 01.12.99 | Closure Dutch Consulate Melbourne | Roel Bouwman was the last Acting Consul-General. The Dutch Consuls were always active members and provide much support to the Erasmus Foundation. |
| 09.11.99 | Dolf Slijkhuis and band | After the AGM, Penny Farthing Jazz Band, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 15.02.00 | Jonah Jones (Ex Director Anne Frank Aus Exhibition Trust) & Lucinda McKnight (Education Manager of the Trust) | "Anne Frank - a history for today", (Melbourne exhibition launch: May 2000), Brighton Yacht Club |
| 11.04.00 | James Aylward, bassoonist | W van Otterloo Award presented by Dr Tony Gould, head of post-graduate studies VCA, bassoon, flute & piano recital, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 09.05.00 | Exhibition “The Other Dutch” | Organised with Tempo Doeloe, supported by the Dutch Embassy and the Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fund. Immigration Museum of Victoria. Flinders Street, Melbourne |
| 20.06.00 | Rob van Driesum | "The Life and Work of a Guidebook Writer - Lonely Planet", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 02.08.00 | Felicity Druce | Art Historian and Editor, "The Art of Violet Teague 1872- 1951", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 10.09.00 | Movie Afternoon | Showing "Soldaat van Oranje" and "De Vierde Man", Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 03.10.00 | Bart van Oort | Forte piano recital, works of Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 24.11.00 | Laury Benson | Curator International Art NGV, "National Gallery redevelopment - Dutch/ Flemish rooms", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 06.03.01 | Prof Merle Ricklefs | Director Research Pacific and Asian Studies ANU, "The Dutch in the Indies", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 22.04.01 | Prof Martin Veltman (received Nobel Prize for Physics in 1999) | "Journey into the Sub-Atomic World", Brighton Yacht Club (Sunday afternoon) |
| 24.06.01 | The Penny Farthing Jazz Band | "Christmas in June lunch", Brighton Yacht Club (Sunday afternoon) |
| 04.09.01 | Jaap Roskam | "Sailing the Last East Indiaman - Batavia", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 13.11.01 | Dr Gary Ekkel | "Voices of Rembrandt" by the "Schola Cantorum of Melbourne" choir, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 03.02.02 | Celebration Wedding Willem-Alexander and Maxima | In conjunction with the Association, ANCOC and the Consulate General, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 27.02.02 | Megan Billing (oboe) and Vivien Brooke (oboe) | W van Otterloo Award presented by presented by Dr Tony Gould, head of music school and post-graduate studies VCA, Oboe & piano recital, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 23.04.02 | Jannie Schoenmaker | "Ton Schulten's Life and Art", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 11.06.02 | Peggie Hertog | Clown doctor, "Laughter is the best medicine, Brighton Yacht Club" |
| 10.09.02 | Prof David Runia | Happiness Ancient and Modern, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 12.11.02 | Brigitte Vroombout | "Dutch Art in the Stedelijk Museum- A Sovereign Selection", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 29.01.03 | Film Night ACMI | "De Ontdekking van de Hemel (The Discovery of Heaven)", Film based on book by Harry Mulish, directed by Jeroen Krabbé,in conjunction with the Dutch Consulate General, ACMI Fed Square |
| 18.02.03 | Prof Merle Ricklefs | Director Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Studies Melbourne University, "Creating Indonesia? The Dutch in the Indies 1800-1930", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 07.05.03 | Annette van Ham | Curator Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht, "Aboriginal Art on the Move", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 08.07.03 | Rolf de Heer (Film Director) | "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories" - Film night and Q&A with the director, ACMI Fed Square |
| 16.09.03 | Hans Nieuwland | Hon Consul, "In memory of the 50th anniversary of the first climb of the Mount Everest by Sir Edmond Hillary", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 18.11.03 | Dr Frank Heckes | "Velazquez and Goya: Master Painters at the Spanish Court", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 10.02.04 | Prof Ad Borsboom | Chair Anthropology of the Pacific, Nijmegen Uni, "The clan of the Wild Honey" - Aborigines in Arnhem Land, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 25.02.04 | Adriaan van Dis (Dutch author) | "An evening with Adriaan van Dis", Melbourne Town Hall (sponsored by the Dutch Embassy) |
| 27.04.04 | Evan Williams (French Horn) & Richard Mason (Clarinet) | W van Otterloo Award, French Horn & Clarinet recital, and Head of the School of Music Dr Tony Gould piano improvisition in memory to Thea Winoto (late Erasmus president), Brighton Yacht Club |
| 24.05.04 | Tim Krabbé (Dutch author) | "An evening with Tim Krabbé ", SBS Building Fed Square (sponsored by the Dutch Embassy) |
| 17.08.04 | Paul Cox (Film Director) | Film night viewing "Innocence" and Q&A with director Paul Cox, ACMI Fed Square |
| 14.09.04 | Dr Hans Sondaal | "A look behind the doors of the Embassy" by the Dutch Ambassador, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 23.11.04 | Fleur Bourgonje (Dutch author) | "An evening with Fleur Bourgonje", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 22.02.05 | Menno van Ruyven & Petra Neeleman | President and CEO Dutch Care, "An evening with Dutch Care", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 22.03.05 | Prof Frank Bovenkerk | Prof Criminology, Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht Uni, "Recent Events and Immigration to the Netherlands", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 07.06.05 | Vincent Alessi | Curator La Trobe Uni Art Museum, "Vincent Van Gogh's Print Collection as a Solution to Compositional Problems", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 16.08.05 |
Arjen Duinker (Dutch Poet) | Together with SBS Radio, "An evening (in Dutch) with Arjen Duinker", Alfred Deaken Building, Fed Square |
| 29.11.05 | Prof David Runia (talk about Erasmus), Cellists Henry Wenig and Annette Martin | "A Festive Evening", 40th Anniversary Erasmus Foundation & Jonas Kreveld Award, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 12.02.06 | Book launches: Dutch migration to Australia: The case of the Indisch Dutch. | Together with Tempo Doeloe, "Recalling the Indies: Colonial Culture and Postcolonial Identities" (editors Joost Coté and Loes Westerbeek) and "The Dutch Down Under 1606 – 2006" (coordinating author Nonja Peters), Immigration Museum Melbourne |
| 29.03.06 | Jackie Xiao (violinist) | Willem van Otterloo Prize, intro by Marco van Pagee, Head Orchestral Studies VCA, Awarded Hon Consul Hans Nieuwland, Federation Hall VCA, Southbank |
| 30.05.06 | Prof Mark Bovens | Prof Legal Philosophy Utrecht Uni, Beyond Pillarization: Changes and Continuity in Dutch politics, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 20.09.06 | Prof Ronald de Leeuw, Director General of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. | "Forward with Cuypers: The Renovation of the Rijksmuseum", German Club, Windsor (Brighton Yacht Club being renovated) |
| 31.10.06 | Kees Brusse (actor) answering questions after film screening | Film "Dokter Pulder zaait papavers" with Kees Brusse, Elsternwick Classic Cinema. (Sponsored by the Dutch Embassy) |
| 21.11.06 | Jan de Jonge |
"The SS Rotterdam, the largest passenger ship ever built in The Netherlands", Brighton Yacht Club |
| 10.02.07 | Immigration Museum Launch Community Programs | Hosted by Multicultural Affairs with short talk (amongst others) by Isabelle Roosenburg (Pres Erasmus), Old Customs House Melbourne |
| 27.02.07 | Prof Michael Clyne | Prof Fellow School of Languages and Linguistics Melbourne Uni, "Is the Dutch language surviving in Melbourne?, Brighton Yacht Club |
| 09.05.07 | Dr Sander Adelaar | Assoc Prof Melb Uni, "The Dutch occupation of Taiwan", Caulfield RSL, Elsternwick |
| 10.07.07 | Johan Kruithof | 'Rembrandt and other famous Musicians", Evening with "stamppot" Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 17.09.07 | Ariëlla Kornmehl (Dutch author) | Readings from her her second novel "The Butterfly Month", including Q&A, 6-8 pm with $10 finger food, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 22+29.10.07 | Judith Scurfield (Map librarian) | "Maps and the Dutch Connection" - A visit to the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 20.11.07 | Titiana Haremaker | "With Melba in the Wings". Readings and songs performed by Titiana with piano accompaniment, Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 04.03.08 | Joshua Hyde (saxophonist) | Willem van Otterloo prize, intro by Marco van Pagee (Head Orchestral Studies VCA), VCA School of Music, Dame Joan Hammond Room |
| 22.04.08 | Frans Uelman | Senior Project Engineer Boskalis Dredging, "Dredging: Dutch History and Melbourne Channel Deepening", Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 17.06.08 | Gerard Terpstra | Karina Vineyard, "Australian wine, Frisian spirit!", including a wine tasting, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 07.08.08 | Movie night | Peter Greenaway's "Nightwatching" at the MIFF, Forum Theatre |
| 29.08.08 | Rámon Spaaij interviews Michael Burleigh (author and historian) | Research Fellow La Trobe Uni and Uni of Amsterdam, Book: "Blood & Rage", RMIT Theatre, Swanson Street |
| 14.10.08 | Prof David Runia | Master Queen's College and Prof Fellow School of Historical Studies, "Philosophy in Action - Three concepts of pleasure", Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 25.11.08 | Seraphim Trio | Performance of Mozart Piano Quartet K478 and Brahms Piano Quartet Op. 25, Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 06.05.09 | Film evening "Alles is Liefde (Love is all)" | DVD provided by the Dutch Embassy, Grant Str Cinema, Grant Str, Southbank Campus Melbourne Uni |
| 12.05.09 | Hugh O’Neill | Architect and Lecturer at Melb and Deakin Uni, "Thomas Karsten- His Architecture in Indonesia", Three concepts of pleasure", Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 21.07.09 | Annette Welkamp | Director Cultural Connotations (cultural heritage projects), "Nederland Museumland", Q.P.O Bar & Bistro , Kew |
| 05.08.09 | Inez Holander Lake (author) | Readings from "Silenced Voices", Q.P.O Bar & Bistro , Kew |
| 15.09.09 | Johan Kruithof | "Dutch Guns in Port Philip - 1853", Q.P.O Bar & Bistro , Kew |
| 20.10.09 | Dolphin Trio | AGM and Continental Music, Junior Common Room, Queen's College, Parkville |
| 24.11.09 | Dr. Paul ’t Hart | Rough versus Smooth succession in politics, Q.P.O Bar & Bistro , Kew |
| 27.04.10 | Aviva Endea (clarinetist) | Willem van Otterloo prize, Awarded at the VCA School of Music |
| 12.06.10 | Children's Film afternoon | Pluk van de Pletteflet, Grant Str Cinema, Southbank Campus Melbourne Uni |
| 26.08.10 | Movie night | "The other Final", Grant Str Cinema 2, Southbank Campus Melbourne Uni |
| 14.10.10 | Movie night | "Twin Sisters", Multicultural Hub, Elizabeth Str Melbourne |
| 26.10.10 | Iet Fuijkschot | Hat making - Spring Carnival and Prinsjesdag, The Court House, Errol Street, North Melbourne |
| 17.04.11 | Pieter Wunnik & Dolph Slykhuis | Pieter van Wunnik about Herbal Medicine & Chiropractic; Dolph Slykhuis on jazz music. He will also play with his trio. The Chapel at Chesterville, Cheltenham. |
| 26.05.11 | Kader Abdolah (Dutch-Iranian author) | An evening with Kader Abdolah, LeasePlan Function Room, South Warf, Melbourne |
| 04.03.12 | Bob Kaper | History of the Dutch Swing College Band, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 27.03.12 | Movie night | Screening of the film Tirza in the ACMI cinemas (with financial support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy) |
| 30.04.12 | H.E. Patrick Renault | Ambassador of Belgium. "How the Belgians see the Dutch", Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 02.07.12 | Catwalk for Dutch Innovation | TEDxBinnenhof in Melbourne, joint event with the Dutch Embassy in Canberra and the NCCA. Video of presentations held in the Hague on 25 June 2012, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
| 30.09.12 | Movie afternoon | Screening of the film Sonny Boy in the Abel Tasman Club (DVD provided by the Dutch Embassy in Canberra) |
| 18.11.12 | Prof Ian Edwards | From Monastery Floors to Kitchen Walls, the Evolution of the Iconic Dutch Tiles, Dutch Club Abel Tasman |
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