Willem de Vlamingh
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Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. The purpose of
Portrait thought to be of de Vlamingh by Jan and Nikolaas Verkolje
Willem de Vlamingh's ships, with black swans, at the entrance to the Swan River, Western Australia, coloured engraving (1796), derived from an earlier drawing (now lost)
Rottnest Island
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Rottnest Island, nicknamed "Rotto", is a 19-square-kilometre island off the coast of Western Australia, 18 kilometres west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limest
Willem de Vlamingh
…the southern Indian Ocean, but no wreckage or survivors were found. On 5 December they sailed on. On 29 December 1696, de Vlamingh's party landed on Rottnest Island. He saw numerous quokkas (a native marsupial) and, thinking they were large rats, he named the island 't Eylandt 't Rottenest (lit. 'Rats' Nest Island…
Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island coastline near Parker Point 01
The Basin, Rottnest Island
Quokkas Closeup