Dirk Hartog
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Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch mariner and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, th
Dirk Hartog's plate in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Willem Janszoon
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Willem Janszoon was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. He served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603–1611 and 1612–1616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of Solor. D
Dirk Hartog
…now called Dirk Hartog Island after him. His was the second recorded European expedition to land on the Australian continent, having been preceded by Willem Janszoon in 1606, but the first to do so on the western coastline. Hartog spent three days examining the coast and nearby islands. The area was named Eendrachtsland…
19th-century artist impression of the ship Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria