dutch settlement in WA

Its a bit like the modern day conspiracy theories

There is also a story of Dutch Settlers to Central Australia long before 'white' settlement of the area.

Yes. It is possible that there were incursions into Australia by foreign visitors. It is said that the Egyptians mapped the northern coast of Australia more than 3000 years ago and I have seen some possible evidence of that in rock paintings in Northern Arnhemland.

Without solid physical research and evidence though, these stories remain myths! However, they are very romantic theories.

Survivors of numerous Dutch wrecks along the coast of WA are supposed to have mingled with aboriginal clans. Some of them brought to the coastal inhabitants of WA a genetic disease called Porphyria, which is a discolouration of the skin, not unlike Albinoism. Do a Google to find out more.

Cheers

If you open Google Earth and go to 18deg27min S and 129deg30min E, which is SSE of Lake Argyle, you will see the expanse of water that Les Hiddens filmed on his program.

It looks huge for that sort of country.

Loved the Bush Tucker Man series. Always wondered why Les never shot a kangaroo to eat or pinches some cockatoo eggs or fried a goanna. Always seemed be chewing on berries!

Remember it was not so long ago, indeed I remember well our indigenous people speaking viss a cherman accent around Hermannsburg. I go with the idea myself, seems totally plausible, as there are well-documented accounts of Dutch, Portuguese implements and items being found along the coast in WA. I seem to recall someone not so long ago finding a “mummified” leather bag full of guilders from 1640 or some thing near Lake Amadeus…
Many years ago, when I was young and charming I was asked for some advice concerning the timber used in an Egyptian Coffin that was being “conserved” at CCAE. I sent a sample of the timber off to have it identified at the CSIRO and guess what, it was Western Red Cedar. So how did several large planks of this stuff end up in Egypt???
Then of course we will never truly understand, just one of the many imponderables of life, but you have to ask why leave the coast and head into totally foreign arid land. Maybe climate change, yes that’s it, when the Dutch were there it was a moist tropical paradise….

This link may interest you, Tanami Settlement

Geoff

I too loved the Bush Tuckerman series,(i was a young fella when they screened:) it may well be one of the reasons i love to go to the remote parts of Australia today.
Les has also written some great book for those interested.
Re the Dutch settlement, if they mixed with the local people that evidence would still be in the DNA of their descendants today. Though to test for that would be to open a Pandora's box of issues :)
Ceers Lyndon