Houtman Abrolhos
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The Houtman Abrolhos is a chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia about 80 kilometres west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southe
A bay in the Houtman Abrolhos, 2006
Aerial photograph of Rat Island (Easter Group), 2006
Aerial photograph of the southern half of North Island, looking westwards and showing the seasonal fishing camp
Hessel Gerritszoon's 1627 "Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht" contains the first use of the name Houtman's Abrolhos in print.
Batavia (1628 ship)
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Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company. She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for
Houtman Abrolhos
…trips, but most of the land area is off-limits as a conservation habitat. It is the site of numerous shipwrecks, the most famous being two Dutch ships: Batavia, which was wrecked in 1629 (followed by massacre of over 100 survivors by mutineers), and Zeewijk, wrecked in 1727. The islands are an unincorporated…
Full-scale replica of Batavia
Survivors being transferred from the wrecked Batavia to nearby islands in the ship's boats.
Batavia's Graveyard, now known as Beacon Island, in the Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands
Massacre of the survivors