History & Culture
The Batavia’s story of mutiny and murder gets a new chapter
Archaeologists have unearthed new evidence of a 400-year-old bloody battle on a remote Western Australian island.
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On this day: The Batavia is fatefully wrecked
In 1629 a group of men murdered more than half the survivors of the Batavia wreck on deserted islands off WA, but 45 fought back and won.