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In 1629 the VOC (Dutch East Indies Co.), ship, Batavia was wrecked on the Abrolhos Islands off the West Australian coast.

What followed became one of the most horrific events in maritime history and has been well documented.

Subsequent to these events two members of the Batavia’s crew, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom de Bye were marooned on the mainland.

They were never seen or heard from again, although many believe that they did integrate with the local aboriginal tribe, the Nhanda people.

If this is true, it may well have been the birth of multicultural Australia!

This is the story of what might have happened.