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Were the Dutch colonies here first?
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<blockquote data-quote="Teemore" data-source="post: 602761" data-attributes="member: 1375"><p>Believe quite a few european ships sailing for Java (spices etc) got off track and hit, many literally, WA, most famous that comes to mind is the Batavia, major rape and murder before a few made it to some outlying islands and a small crew made it to Java to rescue the survivors.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/maritime-archaeology/batavia-cape-inscription/batavia" target="_blank">http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/maritime-archaeology/batavia-cape-inscription/batavia</a></p><p></p><p>The book "Batavia" by Peter Fitzsimions gives a vivid and brutal account .....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teemore, post: 602761, member: 1375"] Believe quite a few european ships sailing for Java (spices etc) got off track and hit, many literally, WA, most famous that comes to mind is the Batavia, major rape and murder before a few made it to some outlying islands and a small crew made it to Java to rescue the survivors. [url]http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/maritime-archaeology/batavia-cape-inscription/batavia[/url] The book "Batavia" by Peter Fitzsimions gives a vivid and brutal account ..... [/QUOTE]
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