Site of the Batavia shipwreck on Morning reef in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos. On June 4, 1629 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Ba

Site of the Batavia shipwreck on Morning reef in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos. On June 4, 1629 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Ba Stock Photo
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Site of the Batavia shipwreck on Morning reef in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos. On June 4, 1629 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Batavia struck reef before dawn. The survivors made it to nearby islands, but a subsequent mutiny led to the mass murder of approximately 125 men, women and children. The Houtman Abrolhos islands lie 60 kilometres off the coast of Geraldton in Western Australia. There are 122 pristine islands in three major groups; the Wallabi, Easter and Pelsaert groups stretching from north to south across 100 kilometres of the Indian Ocean.