DUTCH CONNECTIONS

 

PAKETVAART LUNCH KRING NOORD-OOST

            Groningen, Zaterdag 31 October 2009

KPM Kumpulan List 31.10.2009

Source: Anne Mulder, Voorzitter Kring Noord-Oost VOP KPM, [vaerderij@najadeprojecten.demon.nl]

Posted Sydney 29 October 2009

 

OCTOBER 1616

  

Captain Dirck Hartogh became the first European to set foot on Western Australian soil when he made landfall on an island at the entrance to what is now called Shark Bay. The island is now named after him. He called that part of the mainland “Eendracht’s Land” after the name of his ship. He left behind an inscribed pewter plate nailed to a post.

 

 

Source: VOC Historical Society of WA

http://www.voc.iinet.net.au/

Posted Sydney 10 October 2009