Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs , better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, is a retired DutchAustralian bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of 1960s rock group the Easybeats. With the group, Diamonde was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs was born in 1947 in Hilversum, the Netherlands. His father is Harry van der Sluijs and he has a younger sister. Diamonde emigrated with his family from the Netherlands to Australia when he was four years old. Diamonde was raised in a Jehovahs Witness family, living in the suburb of Villawood near the migrant hostel of that name.
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