BAT4737 - Animal
Batavia
Bone fragments: some are burnt. Fish etc., tammar; bird ?
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location West Wallabi Island, Slaughter Point Site, Limestone structure #1 Trench 1: Square 8: Bevacqua Excavation 1974. Wallabi skeleton from beneath stone.
Number of Items 50
Material Animal
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4737
ID 26557
Status Commonwealth
Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....
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