DUTCH CONNECTIONS
PAKETVAART LUNCH
KRING NOORD-OOST
Groningen, Zaterdag 31 October 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
Posted Sydney 10 October 2009