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    Hiding in plain sight

    ByGreta 17 June 201227 October 2025

    At last, the mystery of the Aagtekerke  which disappeared after sailing from Table Bay in 1726, may have been solved. It has long been believed that the Aagtekerke, like the Batavia and the Zeewijk, met its end on the reefs of the Abrolhos islands, sixty kilometres or so off the west coast of Australia. Ironically,…

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    The wreck of the ‘Batavia’ – a different point of view

    ByGreta 24 February 201227 October 2025

    Many books have been written about the infamous events surrounding the wreck of the Dutch merchantman Batavia in 1629. My novel, To Die a Dry Death, is just another one. But I believe I’ve given a different slant on events. Having grown up in Western Australia, I heard about the Batavia and the other Dutch…

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