Duyfken

The Duyfken ( " dove " ) was a small ship, which was built in 1595 in the Netherlands.

It was a fast, lightly-armed ship, which probably originally be intended for the transport of small, valuable goods or as a pirate ship. In 1606 it reached the Australian mainland during a Bantam (Java) outgoing expedition under the leadership of Willem Jansz. Janszoon was the first European explorers of Australia then.

Replica of the Duyfken

The ship was rebuilt by the Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation in collaboration with the Maritime Museum of Western Australia in its original size and expired on January 24, 1999 in Fremantle from the stack. It was for goodwill trips to Sydney, Queensland, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, South Africa, and finally used Texel.

The replica is on display for public tours in Perth on the Swan River.