s 14

Meaning of Dutch shipwreck

In force

(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

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