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Most of Dutch history in Australia is linked to its explorers charting the country to the north, west and south. The drama of the Batavia is an Australian first in many ways.

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A Dutch ship saved the fledgling NSW colony from starvation. WWII and Migration are other stories that will told elsewhere. The early history is linked to the VOC — the first international corporation — was established in with the aim to trade with the East Indies. The company had full support of the Dutch Government to use military force to establish trading posts and obtain produce from these places.

With my interest in Dutch-Australian history I have made several trips in search of places that are linked to this history. In they established their head office in Ternate Moluccas Islands and in they moved it to Batavia now Jakarta. However, the Dutch history of Australia does start in the north. Much of the following information comes from the various articles on Wikipedia.

The first documented and undisputed European sighting of and landing in Australia was in late February , by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon aboard the Duyfken.