Dirk Hartog in Western Australia (October 1616)
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  alternate name: Discovery and exploration, Dutch
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Sailing ships--Netherlands--History
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310186848
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126570
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320130846
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320130848
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320133391
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330133725
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330136162
abstract: 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.
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311122174
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311186849
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310186847
language: eng
name: Marking our history, celebrating our future
temporal coverage: 1616
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301267432

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 267432