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Willem Janszoon

Ship: Duyfken

Region: Cape York, Qld.

Gulf of Carpentaria

Dirk Hartog

Ship: Eendracht

Region: Shark Bay to

North West Cape, WA.

Frederick von

Houtman and Jacob d'Edel

Ships: Amsterdam and

Dordrecht

Region: Rottnest Island,

Houtman Abrolhos

Islands to 26° 20’ S, WA.

Explorer's name unknown

Ship: Leeuwin

Region: Cape Leeuwin, WA.

Jan Carstenszoon

Ship: Pera

Region: Cape York,

Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld.

1606

1616

1619

1622

1623

Willem Joosten van

Colsteerdt

Ship: Arnhem

Region: Gulf of Carpentaria,

Arnhem Land, Qld and NT.

Pieter Nuyts and

Francois Thijssen

Ship: Gulden Zeepaard

Region: King George Sound

to Ceduna, WA and SA.

Gerrit Frederikszoon

de Witt

Ship: Vianen

Region: Pilbara Coast/

North West Cape, WA.

Francois Pelsaert and

Adriaen Jacobszoon

Ships: Batavia (and ship’s

boat), and Sardam

Region: Houtman Abrolhos

to North West Cape, WA.

1623

1627

1628

1629

Gerrit Frederikszoon

de Witt

Pieter Piertszoon

Willem

Janszoon

Abel Tasman

IN THE 17 TH CENTURY,

MORE THAN 40 DUTCH EXPEDITIONS ARE KNOWN TO

HAVE EXPLORED THE AUSTRALIAN COAST

HERE ARE THE KEY VOYAGES THAT FIRST

MAPPED THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA

1658

Pieter Piertszoon

Ships: Klein Amsterdam

and Wessel

Region: Melville Island,

north coast and Gulf of

Carpentaria, NT and Qld.

Abel Tasman

Ships: Heemskerck and

Zeehaen

Region: Tasmania,

New Zealand

Abel Tasman

Ships: Limmen, Zeemeeuw

and Bracq

Region: Gulf of Carpentaria

to North West Cape

Jacob Pieterszoon

Pereboom

Ship: Elburg

Region: Cape Lechenault

to Geographe Bay

1636

1642

1644

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