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Were the Dutch colonies here first?
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<blockquote data-quote="davent" data-source="post: 602808" data-attributes="member: 6002"><p>The gun was Portuguese I believe and found near Dundee, about 100km from Darwin.</p><p>The Maccasins (Indonesians) visited the top end long before Europeans and traded with Aboriginals. They fished for trepang. Macca sun swords, and other iron tools have been found throughout the top end. Detector its around Gove find bits and pieces of evidence every now and then, and Yonglu matha (language) has many Maccasin words in that are still used today. Balanda = white man. In Maccasin means Hollander or Dutchman. Rupiah is Yonglu for money and there are many more. </p><p>However. There is no evidence of the Dutch ever attempting a deliberate colonisation of Australia, just ship wrecked survivors. They did map the top end though, most famously by the ship Dyfkin I think it was called.</p><p>Also many Dutch names for places up here Groote Eylandt is a classic. <a href="https://www.duyfken.com/duyfken-original/" target="_blank">https://www.duyfken.com/duyfken-original/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davent, post: 602808, member: 6002"] The gun was Portuguese I believe and found near Dundee, about 100km from Darwin. The Maccasins (Indonesians) visited the top end long before Europeans and traded with Aboriginals. They fished for trepang. Macca sun swords, and other iron tools have been found throughout the top end. Detector its around Gove find bits and pieces of evidence every now and then, and Yonglu matha (language) has many Maccasin words in that are still used today. Balanda = white man. In Maccasin means Hollander or Dutchman. Rupiah is Yonglu for money and there are many more. However. There is no evidence of the Dutch ever attempting a deliberate colonisation of Australia, just ship wrecked survivors. They did map the top end though, most famously by the ship Dyfkin I think it was called. Also many Dutch names for places up here Groote Eylandt is a classic. [url]https://www.duyfken.com/duyfken-original/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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