Dirk Hartog Festival 2016 at WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum

Sun 16 Oct 2016

9:30am5:00pm

WA Maritime Museum


Visit the WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum on Sunday 16 October 2016 as we join Fremantle in celebrating the Dirk Hartog Festival!

Join in the fun as the Museum hosts:

  • Special kids activities

-Follow the Trade Winds Trail at the Shipwrecks Museum.
-Create your own 3D Dutch trading ship and make rubbings of the replica dish that Dirk Hartog left at Cape Inscription at the WA Maritime Museum

Shipwrecks Museum - Trade Winds Trail
Ages 5+
Cost: Free

Maritime - Dutch Sailing Ships
Ages: 6+
Cost: $2

Maritime - Memorial Dish Rubbing
Ages: 4
Cost: Free

  • Sustainability Forum, presented by Curtin University – WA Maritime Museum, NWS Theatre

11:00 Dutch Heritage in the Indian Ocean Region
Professor Marieke Bloembergen (Leiden University) and Dr Tod Jones (Curtin University)

11.50 Accelerating the transition to sustainability
Dr Leen Gorissen (Flemish Institute of Technology)

12:40 A world apart, but common ground: Urban Form and Mobility Behaviour
Professor Carey Curtis (Curtin University) & Prof Marco te Brommelstroet (University of Amsterdam)

  • Curatorial talk, Shipwrecks Museum

1606 onwards – Why were they here? VOC and the Spice Trade.
Jennifer Rodrigues, WA Museum
2.30pm – 3.00pm
Free
No bookings required

Along with the above events at the WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum, there are lots of activities on Victoria Quay from 12noon – 5pm, including:

  • Heritage walk Victoria Quay
    Dutch migrant arrivals and departures at Victoria Quay 1906-1962 led by Dr Nonja Peters, historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher 1.30pm – 2.00pm
  • Family activities and Interesting Stalls
  • Dutch Food Van – Stroopwafels, Proffertjes, Kroketten, Bitterballen
  • Dutch Family History Stall

…and lots more fun for the whole family