THE
VOC LEGACY IN AUSTRALIA
The
VOC had no intentions in establising settlements, they wanted to trade.
A
number of VOC ship's shipwrecked along the Australian coast: Batavia 1629, Vergulden
Draeck 1656, Zuytdorp 1712, Zeewijk 1727
The
Batavia, Zuytdorp. It is believed that a number of people survived the
Zuytdorp tragedy and these Dutch may have been assimilated into the
local Aboriginal community.
A
number of VOC Governors-General are recalled in place names which the
Dutch navigators gave to these places:
Van
Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Maatsuyker Island
The Gulf of Carpentaria
Vaderlin island
Then
there are other place names like, Arnhem land, Nieu-Holland (Australia),
Groot Eylandt, Tasmania, Houtman Abrolhos, Geelvink Channel, Cape
Leeuwin, Point Nuyts, Cape Wessel, Wessel island, Duyfken Point, Cape
Keer Weer, Cape van Diemen, Rottnest island, Pelsart island, Zeewyk
channel, Dirk Hartog island, Zuytdorp point, Vlaming Head, Maatsuyker
group, (Nieu-Zealand) New Zealand, Nieu-Guinea (New Guinea)
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