Dirk Hartog (Dutch pronunciation: [dɪr(ə)k ˈɦɑrtɔx]; baptised 30 October 1580 – buried 11 October 1621) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer....
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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 during a period...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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kilometres (27 mi) north-east of the point as the crow flies. Surf Point on Dirk Hartog Island (26°07′24″S 113°10′53″E / 26.123199°S 113.181416°E / -26.123199;...
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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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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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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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(Australia) Christmas Island (Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Dirk Hartog Island (Australia) Enggano Island (Indonesia) Garden Island (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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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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Cockatoo Island Cape Leeuwin Islands Carnac Island Dampier Archipelago Dirk Hartog Island Garden Island Houtman Abrolhos Easter Group Pelsaert Group Wallabi...
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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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Australian west coast, and a small number of them were wrecked there. Dirk Hartog made the first European landing of the Australian west coast with a pewter...
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persisting during formal monitoring in 2023. The species was reintroduced to Dirk Hartog Island in May 2021, with early monitoring suggesting ongoing survival...
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charted by other mariners from the Netherlands, following a landing by Dirk Hartog in 1616, who left a commemorative plaque recording his visit. James Cook...
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Meyer Rock, McDonald Islands (72°34' E) Excluding external territories: Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia (112°56' E) Continental Australia: Steep Point...
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Dirk Hartog and crew came unexpectedly upon "various islands, which were, however, found uninhabited." He made landfall at an island now called Dirk Hartog...
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heathland, and arid desert or coastal dunes. This subspecies also occurs on Dirk Hartog Island. Pogona minor minima is found on West, North, and East Wallabi...
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point – Isla Salas y Gómez, Chile (105° 21′ 45″ W) Westernmost point – Dirk Hartog Island, Australia (113° 5′ 0″ E) Lowest point on land – Lake Eyre, Australia:...
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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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