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Did I mention a settlement? Hundreds? No. Smaller then that. Time they survived unknown.
Did not prosper... We assume.
Did not prosper... We assume.
That was an awesome link HB. Thank you.headbut17 said:
I had read about European DNA among the indigenous population but that is the most detailed info I have seen.
Thanks again
This could throw a cat amongst the pidgeons
http://www.news.com.au/national-new...ast-of-australia/story-fnii5s3x-1226672230477
http://www.news.com.au/national-new...ast-of-australia/story-fnii5s3x-1226672230477
Ok Duck that's a maybe...
My info is definite and earlier than in your article.
Great info tho.
My info is definite and earlier than in your article.
Great info tho.
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Paul
Eskimos lived on top of harbour bridge !!!
You got it HB? NOT
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Paul
Damm
whos question is it ? we are at nearly 20000 views, thanks to everyone who contributes and watches hope it has been and will continue to be fun
Still waiting an answer to who the first whites to live on Australian main land I believe.
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Paul
Ramjets, about the 1st white settlers & I have given up 
need a clue?
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Dutch in WA First alleged white settlers ?
First alleged white settlers ?
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Paul
RR , your question is probably , now you say definite ! , so yes clue please
Well that's maybe true Ric.
But more information required.
I have names and dates.
But more information required.
I have names and dates.
Early 1600s . As ric said, Dutch in. WA
Famous shipwreck.
I think with all the visitors and shipwrecks in WA we can never be certain of who the first were.
These were recorded tho. We know they lived on the mainland. For how long... No one knows.
Famous shipwreck.
I think with all the visitors and shipwrecks in WA we can never be certain of who the first were.
These were recorded tho. We know they lived on the mainland. For how long... No one knows.
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Paul
Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom de Bye, were sentenced to be marooned on the Australian mainland, where they became the first known European residents of Australia. No further contact with them was ever recorded
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That was a tough 1 RR , well done
Great work HB
The saga of the Batavia is a good read.
Your question sir.
The saga of the Batavia is a good read.
Your question sir.
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Paul
In October 1628 one of the company's ships, the Batavia, set out from Holland on her maiden journey to Batavia carrying vast wealth in silver coins and jewels. On 4 June 1629, the Batavia struck a coral reef in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, 40 kilometres off the Western Australian coast, and sank.
A search for help
Survivors managed to reach a nearby island, later known as "Batavia's Graveyard". The ship's Commander Francisco Pelsaert landed on a nearby, smaller island. Finding themselves stranded on barren and virtually waterless islands, Pelsaert set sail in a long boat to fetch help. He took with him the skipper, Jacobsz, and 35 others. A second boat carrying 10 others followed. Unable to find water on the mainland they set sail for Batavia, more than 900 nautical miles away along a largely unknown coast.
A mutiny is planned
During the voyage Undermerchant Jeronimus Cornelisz had conspired with other officers to mutiny and seize the ship for its cargo and the purpose of piracy, but the vessel sank before his plans could be realised. He formed a select band of men and devised a new mutiny plan.
The mutineers become murderers
Those who might oppose the mutineers were sent to surrounding islands and instructed to find water. A reign of terror ensued as Cornelisz's men began murdering those remaining, beginning with the sick and the injured. Eventually, as numbers dwindled and bloodlust took hold, wholesale slaughter took place with little secrecy. Survivors sent to the other islands were hunted down and killed if they hadn't already succumbed to thirst or hunger.
The men Cornelisz had sent to perish on Wallabi Island unexpectedly found water. Led by a mercenary soldier, Wiebbe Hayes, they learned of the murders when one man managed to escape and swam across to join Hayes. After fighting off two attacks by the mutineers, Hayes raised the alarm with Pelsaert when he returned from Batavia in a rescue ship.
The mutineers are tried
The mutineers were tried on the island for the murder of over 120 people. Interrogated and tortured for 10 days until they signed their confessions, seven were hanged. Two of the youngest mutineers, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom de Bye, were sentenced to be marooned on the Australian mainland, where they became the first known European residents of Australia. No further contact with them was ever recorded.
Rediscovering the wreck of the Batavia
In June 1963, the Batavia was discovered relatively intact when lobster fisherman, Dave Johnson, showed two Geraldton divers, Max and Graeme Cramer, bronze cannons and anchors in the waters off Morning Reef.
Two ruined huts found on West Wallabi Island, thought to have been built by Wiebbe Hayes and his soldiers, are believed to be the oldest structures built by Europeans on the Australian continent.
Sections of the ship's hull have been reconstructed and are on display at the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Other artefacts are on display at the Western Australian Museum in Geraldton.
A search for help
Survivors managed to reach a nearby island, later known as "Batavia's Graveyard". The ship's Commander Francisco Pelsaert landed on a nearby, smaller island. Finding themselves stranded on barren and virtually waterless islands, Pelsaert set sail in a long boat to fetch help. He took with him the skipper, Jacobsz, and 35 others. A second boat carrying 10 others followed. Unable to find water on the mainland they set sail for Batavia, more than 900 nautical miles away along a largely unknown coast.
A mutiny is planned
During the voyage Undermerchant Jeronimus Cornelisz had conspired with other officers to mutiny and seize the ship for its cargo and the purpose of piracy, but the vessel sank before his plans could be realised. He formed a select band of men and devised a new mutiny plan.
The mutineers become murderers
Those who might oppose the mutineers were sent to surrounding islands and instructed to find water. A reign of terror ensued as Cornelisz's men began murdering those remaining, beginning with the sick and the injured. Eventually, as numbers dwindled and bloodlust took hold, wholesale slaughter took place with little secrecy. Survivors sent to the other islands were hunted down and killed if they hadn't already succumbed to thirst or hunger.
The men Cornelisz had sent to perish on Wallabi Island unexpectedly found water. Led by a mercenary soldier, Wiebbe Hayes, they learned of the murders when one man managed to escape and swam across to join Hayes. After fighting off two attacks by the mutineers, Hayes raised the alarm with Pelsaert when he returned from Batavia in a rescue ship.
The mutineers are tried
The mutineers were tried on the island for the murder of over 120 people. Interrogated and tortured for 10 days until they signed their confessions, seven were hanged. Two of the youngest mutineers, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom de Bye, were sentenced to be marooned on the Australian mainland, where they became the first known European residents of Australia. No further contact with them was ever recorded.
Rediscovering the wreck of the Batavia
In June 1963, the Batavia was discovered relatively intact when lobster fisherman, Dave Johnson, showed two Geraldton divers, Max and Graeme Cramer, bronze cannons and anchors in the waters off Morning Reef.
Two ruined huts found on West Wallabi Island, thought to have been built by Wiebbe Hayes and his soldiers, are believed to be the oldest structures built by Europeans on the Australian continent.
Sections of the ship's hull have been reconstructed and are on display at the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Other artefacts are on display at the Western Australian Museum in Geraldton.
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