On Friday 9 September, the Western Australian Museum will launch an innovative and interactive digital experience, which brings together almost 400 years of one of Australia’s most notorious events – the wreck of the ship, Batavia, in 1629.
Read about Batavia’s journey from the Netherlands, how it wrecked on Morning Reef, the disastrous events that followed, and the eventual discovery of the wreck site in 1963.
Discover more than 50 years of WA Museum Batavia-related marine and terrestrial fieldwork and research.
Take a behind the scenes look at the conservation and reconstruction of the Batavia’s hull timbers.
A free, essential guide to the fascinating history and archaeology of the Dutch East India Company ship, Batavia, which wrecked in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands in 1629.
A team of WA archaeologists and scientists has found the remains of four people in a sequence of remarkable discoveries at Beacon Island, part of the Houtman Abrolhos off the coast of Geraldton.
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Archaeologists from the Western Australian Museum and The University of Western Australia are back at Beacon Island examining archaeological sites related to one of WA’s most famous shipwrecks, the Batavia.
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This month, the Western Australian Museum is celebrating the impressive work of its Maritime Archaeology department during the Month of Shipwrecks.
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The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton has partnered with the Batavia Coast Maritime Heritage Association and Geraldton Regional Library to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Batavia shipwreck over the WA Day long weekend.
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The Western Australian Museum is to receive a significant collection of artefacts recovered from four Dutch shipwrecks found off the Western Australian coast.
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