Pierre Bové





NAME
Bové, Pierre Leonardus
BIRTHDATE
18-4-1917
NATIONALITY
Dutch
OCCUPATION
Restaurant Keeper
  • Bové, Clasina Louise Johanna (Stien) – 15-4-1916 – wife
  • Bossard-Bové, Paulina Wilhelmina – 5-4-1941 – daugter – migrant card thumbnail
  • Looyen-Bové, Wilhelmina Jacoba Paulina – 25-9-1947 – daughter – migrant card thumbnail
  • Bové, Dick Pierre – 11-10-1950 – son

18-4-1917

Birthday

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1-11-1939

Marriage

Pierre Bové and Clasina de Boer married in Rotterdam in 1939 read more external link

1959

Employment

The family Pierre Bové owned the Café De Sport in Ter Heijde aan Zee from 1959 till 1969. They decided to emigrate to Australia because it proved impossible to expand the restaurant in the Netherlands. read more external link

18-3-1969

Selection

On the 18th of March the eldest daughter Paulina started the emigration selection process together with her husband Cornelis Gerrit and their two children more info

21-3-1969

Selection

Three days later her father Pierre Bové also applied for emigration to Australia for his wife and their youngest son Dick. more info

25-6-1969

Travel

Both the families Bové and Bossard-Bové departed on board the ship SS Australis. There names can be found on the passenger list p. 24. read more external link more info

27-7-1969

Migration AU

Both the families disembarked in Sydney and initially were accomodated in Wacol Migrant Centre (Queensland) read more external link read more external link

27-7-1969

Scheme

NAMA

Both families had an assistd passage under the Netherlands Australian Migration Agreement read more external link

1969

Employment

Pierre and Clasina started the restaurant Pierre’s Mill in Redcliff besides the drive-in cinema. His daughter Paulina worked there as well as a waitress

1969

Employment

The beloved restaurant Pierre’s Mill became a cormerstone of local life at Kippa-Ring from 1969 till 1985. read more external link read more local link

30-6-1975

Chain migration

After a visit to her parents in Australia Wil and Henk decided to apply for emigration to Australia with their children Paul and Nathalie. more info

16-10-1975

Support

The Dutch Direction for Emigration received a request of the family Evert Boom for information on emigration to Australia. They were in talks with Pierre Bové about taking over his restaurant. more info

20-8-1976

Support

The Dutch emigration attaché was informed about the emigration plans of the family Boom and the talks about taking over Pierre’s Mill. more info

1976

Employment

Wil Looyen also worked in her fathers restaurant Pierre’s Mill for several years

12-8-1977

Employment

The succes story of Pierre’s Mill was described in the Dutch Australian Weekly read more external link

16-6-1978

Employment

Journalist Martin Hulsteijn again dived into Pierre story who had fled the Dutch bureacracy. read more external link

2024

Documentary

Wil Looyen-Bové and her family were interviewd by the Dutch filmmaker Heleen van Berkel for the documentary “Westlanders in Australia”