Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Dutch shipwreck means:
(a) a wrecked vessel covered by the table in subsection (2); or
(b) any other wrecked vessel mentioned in Article 1 of the Australia - Netherlands Agreement (whether or not lying on or off the coast of Western Australia as mentioned in that Article).
(2) The wrecked vessels are as follows:
Dutch shipwrecks | ||
Item | Name by which the vessel was known | Approximate location |
1 | Batavia | Beacon Island, Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos |
2 | Vergulde Draeck or Gilt Dragon | Ledge Point |
3 | Zuytdorp | 40 miles north of the mouth of the Murchison River |
4 | Zeewyk | Gun Island, Pelsart Group, Houtman Abrolhos |