The wrecking of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 is perhaps the best-known maritime disaster in Australian history. The subject of books, articles, plays, and even an opera, Batavia ...

The treacherous sandbars and reefs along Australia’s western coast have caused the demise of many ships. The first European ship known to have wrecked there, Batavia, did so in 1629. Sailors searching ...

Current time and date at Batavia Downs Airport is 08:26:49 AM (AEST) on Monday, Dec 15, 2025 Looking for information on Batavia Downs Airport, Batavia Downs, Australia? Know about Batavia Downs ...

On a sunny Friday afternoon, in the historical heart of Jakarta, one of the world's most crowded and traffic-polluted cities, a beautiful UNESCO-listed colonial square echoes to the hubbub of laughing ...

The new communal grave was discovered less than three weeks ago onshore, near the site of the infamous 1629 shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia. After their ship foundered on coral ...

Experts have used 3D imaging to bring the story of one of Western Australia's most tragic shipwrecks to life in intricate detail. The Batavia was wrecked at the Abrolhos Islands on its maiden voyage ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Occupying approximately a volley-court-large space in Fremantle, Perth, Australia, the Shipwreck Galleries is home for the ruin of the Batavia ship used to be owned by the VOC ...

Archaeologists have unearthed new evidence of a 400-year-old bloody battle on a remote Western Australian island. Franklin was pretty sure the skeleton was here because, in the 1960s, archaeologists ...

Archaeologists say much can be learned from the excavated skeleton The skeleton of a victim from one of Australia's most famous shipwrecks has been unearthed by archaeologists. The remains on Beacon ...

The Batavia was built in Amsterdam but hit a reef off Western Australia and sank on its maiden voyage Researchers have determined where the timbers originated It helps build a picture of Dutch ...