Maritime History

From Dutch waters to Australian shipwrecks: Professor Wendy van Duivenvoorde and the preservation of shared maritime heritage

For centuries the Dutch connection with Australia has largely been told through stories of exploration, trade and shipwrecks. Dutch navigators were the first Europeans to chart much of Australia’s coastline, leaving traces of their journeys scattered along the continent’s shores. Today, those stories continue to be uncovered and interpreted through Read more

By Dutch Australian Cultural Centre, ago

Marooned VOC mariners and Aboriginal connections in Western Australia: evidence, memory and contested history

The academic paper below by Nonja Peters and colleagues presents a focused and interdisciplinary investigation into one of the most intriguing and debated aspects of early Dutch–Australian history: the possibility that marooned sailors from the Dutch East India Company established contact—and potentially long-term relationships—with Aboriginal communities along the Western Australian Read more

By DACC, ago