Wallabi Group
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The Wallabi Group is the northernmost group of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos off the western coast of Western Australia. It is located 58 kilometres from the Australian mainland and about 9 kilometr
Houtman Abrolhos
Wallabi Group
Wallabi Group
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
Wallabi Group
…recognized by BirdLife International for its importance to large numbers of breeding seabirds. The Wallabi Group is best known for the shipwreck of the Batavia on Morning Reef near Beacon Island in 1629, and the subsequent mutiny and massacres that took place among the survivors. Another wreck for which the…
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