AustralIA-NetherLands2006.com
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In March 1606 the Duyfken, a small ship owned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), that had been sent out to explore the unknown waters south of New Guinea, chanced upon unknown territory. The continent that captain Willem Jansz had “found”, was Australia. Welcome to the website of the commemoration of four hundred years of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Australia. 2006 marks the 400th anniversary of the first Dutch contact with Australia.[[Category:]]