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"Now here is an adorable find in the archive about my Dad's eventful first week in Australia.

Both of my parents – especially my dad – were immigrants into assimilation & the image is especially poignant for me because it shows the version of him I've never known: the one that could speak Dutch. 🗃️"

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  "A newspaper clipping titled "Things Might Have Been Far Worse for Kees" telling the story of an 11-year-old Dutch boy (my dad) who had to spend his first days in Australia in hospital after breaking his shoulder on the ship just before arriving. A photo shows him reading a book to a small child, with the comment that "You would think a small boy who could not speak a word of the language in a strange country would be come lonely and unhappy in hospital. Kees however was lucky. In the bed next to his in Ward 2 is another little Dutch boy - seven-vear-old Johnny van Roon...""

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"2023-11-27T11:36:13.587Z"