DUTCH
CONNECTIONS
THIS MONTH IN VOC HISTORY
NOVEMBER 1629
The first Europeans to live permanently
in Australia were two mutineers, Wouter Loos, a
soldier, and Jan Pelgrom de Bye, a cabin boy, from
the ship Batavia. They were left marooned by Commander Pelsaert,
on the West Australian coast near the mouth of the Murchison River, as
punishment for their role in the mutiny, the most horrific in the annals of
maritime history
Source: VOC
Historical Society of WA
Posted Sydney 14 November 2009