Nonja Peters

{{Short description|Dutch-Australian writer and academic}}

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| alma_mater = University of Western Australia{{Citation|author1=Peters|first=Nonja|title=Trading places : Greek, Italian, Dutch and Vietnamese enterprise in Western Australia|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/248784277|publication-date=1999|access-date=15 October 2021}}

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Nonja Yvonne Huberta Maria Peters is a Western Australian author and academic of Dutch ancestry.

Her books produced on migration and Dutch Australians have received wide acclaim.{{Citation|author1=Ged|first=Martin|title=The Dutch Down Under 1606–2006|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3499270|publication-date=2007-07-18|editor-last=Peters|editor-first=Nonja|access-date=25 February 2015}}{{Citation|author1=Azzolina|first=D.S.|title=Peters, Nonja. Milk and honey–but no gold: postwar migration to Western Australia, 1945-1964.(Book Review)(Brief Article)|journal=CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries|volume=40|issue=3|pages=531(2)|publication-date=2002-11-01|publisher=American Library Association|issn=0009-4978}}{{Citation|title=Nonja Peters, Milk and Honey–But No Gold: Postwar Migration to Western Australia 1945–1964. (Book Notes)|journal=Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society|volume=88|issue=1|pages=110(2)|publication-date=2002-06-01|publisher=Royal Australian Historical Society|issn=0035-8762}}{{Citation|author1=Jupp|first=James|title=Milk and Honey – but No Gold: Postwar Migration to Western Australia, 1945–1964.(Book Review)|journal=The International History Review|volume=25|issue=2|pages=475–476|publication-date=2003-06-01|publisher=Taylor & Francis Ltd|issn=0707-5332}}

She has served on a number of Australian and Western Australian bodies,{{Cite web|url=http://john.curtin.edu.au/events/speeches/petersbiog.html|title=Biography of Elsie Curtin | JCPML [live]|date=15 January 2020}} as well as being head of the Curtin University Migration, Ethnicity, Refugees & Citizenship Research Unit.{{Cite web|date=8 June 2003|title=Dr Nonja Peters – a brief biography – Archived Website|url=http://john.curtin.edu.au/events/speeches/petersbiog.html|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Trove|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2003|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030607204112/http://john.curtin.edu.au/events/speeches/petersbiog.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}