The wrecking of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 is perhaps the best-known maritime disaster in Australian history. The subject of books, articles, plays, and even an opera, Batavia ...

The Batavia was built in Amsterdam but hit a reef off Western Australia and sank on its maiden voyage Researchers have determined where the timbers originated It helps build a picture of Dutch ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Occupying approximately a volley-court-large space in Fremantle, Perth, Australia, the Shipwreck Galleries is home for the ruin of the Batavia ship used to be owned by the VOC ...

Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s – and the national heritage listed shipwreck, Batavia, has revealed through its timbers the history of ...

Arvi Wattel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Marta Domínguez-Delmás and Aoife Daly working to extract a tree-ring samples from the Batavia ship’s transom beams at the Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle (Photo: Wendy van ...

Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s -- and the national heritage listed shipwreck, Batavia, has revealed through its timbers the history of ...