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Marking our history, celebrating our future: Dirk Hartog in Western Australia (October 1616)

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    Dirk Hartog in Western Australia (October 1616)

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2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the first Dutch contact with Western Australia. On 25 October 1616, Dutch VOC captain Dirk Hartog was the first known European to land on the coast of Western Australia with his ship the Eendracht. Near Cape Inscription, on what is now called Dirk Hartog Island, in the Shark Bay area, Hartog left an inscripted pewter plate to mark his discovery; now considered the oldest known European object ever found on Australian soil. The crew sailed further north, to Batavia (nowadays Jakarta) and charted the coast, which they named after their ship; Eendrachtsland. Commemorations, celebrations and community activities will take place throughout Australia in 2016.

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    • Yarralumla, ACT: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    • [Perth]: Western Australian Museum, 2016

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    1616

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    • 9780646963556
    • 9780646962283
    • 0646962280
    • 0646963554

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    Published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Dirk Hartog and his crew in Shark Bay, Western Australia, on 25 October 1616. This publication is dedicated to the seafarers of the 17th century who sailed into Australian waters - they were the first Europeans known to have encountered the Terra Australis Incognita (or the Unknown South Land).--t.p. verso.

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