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   L O W L A N D S - L * 05 May 2006 * Volume 05
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From: Peter Snepvangers <snepvangers at optushome.com.au>
Subject: LL-L Event


Hello Allemaal,
I thought this might be of interest to our local Australian Lowlanders and 
also visitors. The Australian National Maritime Museum in conjunction with 
major sponsors SHELL are holding an international Symposium over 2 days. It 
is called "Dutch Connections - 400 Years of Australian - Dutch Maritime 
Links, 1606 - 2006" Keynote speakers are Professor Peter Sigmond, director 
of collections, Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands (Cultural Heritage and a piece 
of pewter).
Dr Phillip Playford, West Australia Museum, (Dirck Hartogh and the Land of 
the Eendracht).
Paul Brunton, State Library of NSW (Abel Janszoon Tasman: the Australian 
voyages, missing journals and fugitive charts).
Dr Robert Parthesius, Amsterdam Historical Museum (Encounters of the third 
kind, Dutch shipping in Asia and the search for the Southland).
Dr Mack McCarthy, Curator of Maritime Archaeology, West Australia Maritime 
Museum (The Dutch on Australian shores, the Zuytdorp tragedy: unfinished 
business).
Dr Peter Stanley, Principal Historian, Australian War Memorial (The Dutch 
are a mob of bastards' Australian and Dutch relations in the Pacific War).
Dr Nonja Peters, Research Fellow, Curtin University of Technology, West 
Australia (Doubled Dutch - Post war migration to Australia).
Dr Nigel Erskine, Curator, Australian National maritime Museum (New Holland 
to Australia - charting the Dutch connection).
There will be an additional 8 speakers covering topics such as post war 
immigration experiences, the arts, naval matters, and Dutch commercial 
shipping industry.
Contact details: Carolyn Allen
callen at anmm.gov.au
Fax: 61 02 9298 3660
Phone: 61 02 9298 3777
www.anmm.gov.au

Best Regards
Peter Snepvangers
snepvangers at optushome.com.au

The dates are as follows
Sydney, NSW 12 & 13 May 2006
Fremantle, WA 16 May 2006

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Events

Thanks a lot, Pete!

Geez!  That makes me feel jealous.  I wish I could be there.

As an ex-Freo (Fremantle) inhabitant I urge our (several) Lowlanders in 
Perth and elsewhere in Western Australia, as well as visitors to the state, 
to go see the Maritime Museum(s) if they haven't already done so, especially 
when the event comes around.  The older one is a neat museum, a paradise for 
shipwreck lovers and those interested in Dutch history.  There are oodles of 
everyday items found in and near the wreck of the Batavia off the western 
coast, also a display about the murders committed by mutineers on the 
Abrolhos Islands.  And, yes, there are preserved parts of wrecks as well. 
Great stuff!  The actual museum is now housed in a new, modern building at 
Victoria Quay.

http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime/maritime.asp

I was there when they put together the first display in the old Cliff Street 
building, now housing the Shipwreck Gallery, and I visited it as soon as it 
opened.  Very impressive!  And such great woodwork and lighting!

A replica of Australia's first ship, the Duyfken, was constructed in this 
museum's courtyard. The Duyfken was launched in July of 1999 and set sail to 
visit major Australian ports, before re-enacting the voyage from Texel in 
the Netherlands to Cape York in Australia.

Cool, huh?

Thanks again, Pete, and enjoy!

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

P.S.: Oh, and stop talking so East Coast, Pete!  The state is called WestERN 
Australia, and the museum is called WestERN Australian Museum.  :-)  As a 
name it's always "Western Australia," but adjectivally (and as an adjectival 
noun) it can be either "Western Australian" or "West Australian."  Go 
figure, as my Yank persona would say. 

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