Australië in oorlog – Onderhoud met den heer B.F. Hunt “Nederlansch-Indié is een voorpost der Australische defensie”

Item

Title
Australië in oorlog – Onderhoud met den heer B.F. Hunt “Nederlansch-Indié is een voorpost der Australische defensie”
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Dutch East Indies
Dutch language
Business enterprises
Shipping
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Category
4. World War II
Author
Soerabaijasch Handelsblad
Publisher
Kolff & Co
Place of Publication
Surabaya
Current holder
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
Date
January 28, 1941
Link
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011121604:mpeg21:a0118
Item number
Koninklijke Bibliotheek C 64
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Indonesia
Place
Surabaya
Language 
Dutch
Physical format
Newspapers
Abstract 
Australia at war – Interview with Mr B.F. Hunt “The Dutch East Indies is an outpost of Australian defence”. The article reports on the impressions of Hunt, head of the firm Gijselman & Steup in Surabaya, who has spent the past four months in Australia. Mr Hunt reports that Australia has entered a period of prosperity as a result of war activity and that the steel and construction industries are strong. He also reports on the beer strike, trade between Australia and the Indies, and the problems of drought and water shortages.
Related resources 
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/5216/