Genealogy Projects tagged with Dutch in Australia on the Geni Family Tree

Dutch Emigration to Australia

Dutch Emigration to Australia== The history of the Dutch and Australia began in 1606 with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, landing on the Australian mainland, the first European to do so.The VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie), or the Dutch East India Company, operated mainly from Batavia, modern day Jakarta. The journey from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies would take mo...