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    Dirk Hartog (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈɦɑrtɔx]; baptised 30 October 1580 – buried 11 October 1621) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's...
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    Dirk Hartog Island is an island off the Gascoyne coast of Western Australia, within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. It is about 80 kilometres (50 miles)...
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    Hartog Plate or Dirk Hartog's Plate is either of two pewter plates, although primarily the first, which were left on Dirk Hartog Island on the western...
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    French territorial claim in modern-day Western Australia. It was made at Dirk Hartog Island by an expedition under French explorer Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn...
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    astronaut and astrophysicist Dirk Gates (born 1961), American businessman Dirk Geukens (1963–2020), Belgian motocross racer Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), Dutch sailor...
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    and Dirk Hartog Island which provide evidence of some of the foods gathered from the waters and nearby land areas. An expedition led by Dirk Hartog happened...
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    such landfall was in 1616, when Dirk Hartog, employed by VOC, reached land at Shark Bay (on what is now called Dirk Hartog Island) off the coast of Western...
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  • Diana Hartog (born 1950), Canadian poet and fiction writer Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), Dutch sea captain and explorer Named after him: Hartog Plate on Dirk Hartog...
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  • ("Eendracht maakt macht" / "Unity makes strength"). The ship was captained by Dirk Hartog when he made the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian...
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    first such landfall was in 1616, when Dirk Hartog landed at Cape Inscription on what is now known as Dirk Hartog Island, off the coast of Western Australia...
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    were those of the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who on 25 October 1616 landed at what is now known as Cape Inscription, Dirk Hartog Island. For the rest...
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    The first recorded European contact was in 1616, when Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog landed on the west coast, having been blown off course while en route...
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    Australia. The island is the second largest in Western Australia after Dirk Hartog Island. The island was visited by Indigenous Australians approximately...
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    Holland was first applied to Australia in 1644 by the Dutch seafarer Dirk Hartog as a Latin Nova Hollandia, and remained in international use for 190...
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    are recognised. Apart from the mainland subspecies, one is found on Dirk Hartog Island, and another on Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia...
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    encountered each other approximately 106 nautical miles (196 km; 122 mi) off Dirk Hartog Island. The single-ship action lasted half an hour, and both ships were...
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    The species has been successfully reintroduced to Faure Island and Dirk Hartog Island in Shark Bay, and to a large fenced reserve at Mount Gibson Sanctuary...
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    both Bernier Island and Dorre Island have recently been translocated to Dirk Hartog Island following the complete removal of livestock and feral cats from...
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    Loek Hartog (born 5 October 2002) is a Dutch racing driver competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Porsche Carrera Cup North America...
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    Australia through Torres Strait, along New Guinea's southern coast. In 1616, Dirk Hartog, sailing off course, en route from the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia,...
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    (Australia) Christmas Island (Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Dirk Hartog Island (Australia) Enggano Island (Indonesia) Garden Island (Australia)...
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    it was also re-introduced). They have also recently been released on Dirk Hartog Island as part of the Return to 1616 project run by the Department of...
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    Cape Range (South) Collier Range Dalgarup Danggu Gorge D’Entrecasteaux Dirk Hartog Island Drovers Cave Dryandra Woodland Drysdale River Easter Eucla Fitzgerald...
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  • photography wrapped on October 28, 2016. Second unit filming took place on Dirk Hartog Island off the coast of Western Australia, and in the South Island of...
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    region was by the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog in 1616. Hartog landed on the nearby island, now named Dirk Hartog Island. Hartog was the first European to land...
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  • New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Anglo-French condominium (1906–1980) Australia Dirk Hartog Island (1772) (made an unofficial annexation for all Australia) Wallis...
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    reference points of its boundaries include Steep Point at the south side of Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription at the north side.[citation needed] Fishing...
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    kilometres (27 mi) north-east of the point as the crow flies. Surf Point on Dirk Hartog Island is 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) north-northeast of Steep Point. Access...
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    known as New Holland (and, much later, as Western Australia). In 1616, Dirk Hartog, captain of the Dutch East India Company ship Eendracht, encountered...
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    about the wrecks' locations varied from deep water many kilometres off Dirk Hartog Island, to sites nearer to Carnarvon, Western Australia, and as far south...
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