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'{{short description|None}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}} [[Image:Thevenot - Hollandia Nova detecta 1644.png|thumb|250px|The Australian coast known to Dutch explorers until 1644. Note the whole east coast is missing.]] Of an estimated 200 place names the Dutch bestowed on Australian localities in the 17th century as a result of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[European maritime exploration of Australia|voyages of exploration]] along the western, northern and southern Australian coasts, only about 35 can still be found on current maps. Five out of six names were either renamed or forgotten or their locations were lost.<ref>Jan Tent, [http://www.anps.org.au/documents/geogres.pdf Geographic and Linguistic Reflections on Moent and Dubbelde Ree: Two of Australia’s First Recorded Placenames] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226203919/http://anps.org.au/documents/GeogRes.pdf |date=26 February 2015 }}, ''Geographical Research'' 44(4):372–385</ref> Other places were named after the early Dutch explorers by later British explorers or colonists, for instance the Australian state of [[Tasmania]] is named after [[Abel Tasman]]. Australia itself was called [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] by the English and Nieuw Holland by the Dutch. == Places named by the Dutch == === Queensland === The Dutch charted the western side of [[Cape York Peninsula]] and the coast of the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]]. [[Willem Janszoon]] made the first recorded European landfall in Australia during the [[Janszoon voyage of 1605-6]]. {| class="wikitable" |- !width="150"|Dutch name !width="150"|English translation !width="150"|Date !width="300"|Reason for naming !width="150"|Coords !width="300"|Notes |- | Cabo keerweer | [[Cape Keerweer]] | 1606 | Meaning "turn-about" cape, the point where the [[Duyfken|Duijfken]] turned back North | {{coord|13|56|00|S|141|28|30|E|name=Cape Keerweer}} | |- |Golf van Carpentaria |[[Gulf of Carpentaria]] |1623 |[[Pieter de Carpentier]], then Governor-General of the [[Dutch East Indies]] |{{coord|13|59|S|139|00|E|name=Gulf of Carpentaria}} |Situated between the [[Northern Territory]] and [[Queensland]] |- | Coen Rivier |[[Coen River]] |1623 |[[Jan Pieterszoon Coen]], previous Governor-General of the [[Dutch East Indies]] |{{coord|13|37|S|142|08|E|name=Coen River}} |Renamed to [[Archer River]], while its southern tributary (the "South Coen River") retained its name<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/2007/12/|title=December 2007 – Australia on the Map}}</ref> |- | Staaten Rivier | [[Staaten River]] |1623 | Like [[Staten Island]] after the [[States General of the Netherlands|Staten-Generaal]] |{{coord|16|24|S|141|17|E|name=Staaten River}} | |- |Nassau Rivier |Nassau River <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nassau-river-queensland.blogspot.com/|title=Nassau River - Queensland / Australia|first=Eingestellt von CID|last=Institut}}</ref> |1644 | [[Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange]] |{{coord|15|54|S|141|23|E|name=Nassau River}} | |- |Van Diemens Baai |Van Diemen Inlet | 1644 |[[Anthony van Diemen]], then Governor-General of the [[Dutch East Indies]] |{{coord|16|58|S|140|59|E|name=Van Diemen Inlet}} | |- |Kaap Van Diemen |Cape Van Diemen | 1644 |[[Anthony van Diemen]] |{{coord|16|31|S|139|42|E|name=Cape Van Diemen}} |eastern cape of [[Mornington Island]] in the [[Wellesley Islands]] |} ====Renamed==== {| class="wikitable" |- !width="150"|Dutch name !width="150"|Current name !width="150"|Date !width="300"|Reason for naming !width="150"|Coords !width="300"|Notes |- |Riv. met het Bosch |[[Pennefather River]] | 1606 |For being a river in [[the bush]] |{{coord|12|13|S|141|44|E|name=Cape York Peninsula}} | Australia's first recorded place name, intriguingly named after the emblematic "bush" |- |Carpentaria |[[Cape York Peninsula]] | 1623 ? |[[Pieter de Carpentier]] |{{coord|14|S|140|E|name=Cape York Peninsula}} | |- |Van Speult Rivier | [[Jardine River]] | |Dutch local governor, [[Herman van Speult]] |{{coord|10|55|S|142|12|E|name=Jardine River}} | |- |Batavia Rivier |[[Wenlock River]] | |[[Kota, Jakarta|Batavia]] |{{coord|12|03|S|141|55|E|name=Wenlock River}} | |} |Kaap Arnhem |Cape Arnhem and [[Arnhem Land]] | 1623 |The ship ''Arnhem'' which explored the area. |{{coord|12|21|S|136|58|E|name=Arnhem Land}} | The ship was itself named after the city of [[Arnhem]], Gelderland. |- |[[Groote Eylandt]] |"Big island" |sighted 1623, named 1644 | |{{coord|14|00|S|136|35|E|name=Groote Eylandt}} | |- |Wesel Eilanden |[[Wessel Islands]] | 1636 |The ship ''Klein Wesel'' or just ''Wezel'', which explored the area.[http://www.vocsite.nl/schepen/detail.html?id=11950] |{{coord|11|30|S|136|25|E|name=Van Diemen Gulf}} | The ship was itself named after the city of [[Wesel]], Duchy of Cleves. |- |Crocodils Eijlandt |[[Crocodile Islands]] | 1644 |[[Saltwater crocodile]]s |{{coord|11|53|S|135|05|E|name=Crocodile Islands}} | |- |Kaap Van der Lijn |Cape Vanderlin | 1644 |[[Cornelis van der Lijn]], member of the Council of India |{{coord|15|35|S|136|59|E|name=Cape Vanderlin}} |Actually the [[Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands]], the cape name is used for the northern tip of [[Vanderlin Island]] |- | Kaap Maria | Maria Island | 1644 | Maria Van Aelst, wife of [[Anthony van Diemen]] |{{coord|14|52|S|135|44|E|name=Maria Island}} |An island, not a cape, in the Limmen Bight, now called Maria Island |- | Limmen Bocht | [[Limmen Bight]] | 1644 | The ship ''Limmen'', one of the three ships in [[Abel Tasman|Tasman]]'s 1644 expedition.[http://www.vocsite.nl/schepen/detail.html?id=11734] |{{coord|14|50|S|135|34|E|name=Limmen Bight}} | The ship was itself named after the town of [[Limmen]], Holland. |- |Van Diemen Baai |[[Van Diemen Gulf]] | 1644 |[[Anthony van Diemen]] |{{coord|12|S|132|E|name=Van Diemen Gulf}} | |- |} === Western Australia === {| class="wikitable" |- !width="150"|Dutch name !width="150"|English translation !width="150"|Date !width="300"|Reason for naming !width="150"|Coords !width="300"|Notes |- |Dirck Hartogs Ree cap. |[[Dirk Hartog Island]] | 1616 |[[Dirk Hartog]] |{{coord|25|50|S|113|05|E}} | |- |Dorre Eijlanden |Dorre Island | 1616 | Translates to "arid islands" |{{coord|25|03|S|113|06|E}} |to the north of [[Dirk Hartog Island]], appears on [http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm751 1697-1726 map] |- | Willems Rivier | [[Yardie Creek Station|Yardie Creek]] | 1618 | [[Willem Janszoon|Willem Jansz]], captain of the Duyfken | {{coord|22|19|23|S|113|48|44|E}} | Named by captain [[Lenaert Jacobszoon|Lenaert Jacobsz]]. Jansz was on board, making this his second visit to Australia.<ref>[http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/landings-list/ The AOTM Landings List 1606 – 1814] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110015041/http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/landings-list |date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> |- |[[Houtmans Abrolhos]] |[[Houtman Abrolhos]] |1619 |[[Frederick de Houtman]], various published explanations for "Abrolhos" |{{coord|28|43|S|113|47|E}} | |- |[[Rottnest Island]] |Rat's Nest Island |12/29/1696 |[[Quokka]]s which appeared to be rats, hence 'rat's nest' |{{coord|31|59|46|S|115|32|28|E}} |Named by [Tom Preston] |- |Zwaanenrivier or Swarte Swaene-Rivier |[[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] |1/10/1697 |[[Black swans]] |{{coord|31|56|50|S|115|54|58|E}} |Named by [[Willem de Vlamingh]] |- |Landt van de Leeuwin |[[Cape Leeuwin]] | |[[Leeuwin (galleon)]] |{{coord|34|22|27|S|115|08|09|E}} |Name used for the land in the south west, now name only used for the cape. |- |Landt van P. Nuyts |[[Nullarbor]] | |[[Pieter Nuyts]] |{{coord|32|18|S|125|52|E}} |Nuytsland comprised the entire coast adjoining the [[Great Australian Bight]]. The name survives in two smaller, separate areas: [[Nuytsland Nature Reserve]] and [[Nuyts Land District]]. |- |} === South Australia === {| class="wikitable" |- !width="150"|Dutch name !width="150"|English translation !width="150"|Date !width="300"|Reason for naming !width="150"|Coords !width="300"|Notes |- |Landt van P. Nuyts |[[Nullarbor]] |1/16/1627 |[[Pieter Nuyts]] |{{coord|32|S|132|E}} |Nuytsland was the given to the coast adjoining the [[Great Australian Bight]]. |- |Eijland St. François |[[St. Francis Island]] |1627 |[[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis]] via [[François Thijssen]] |{{coord|32|31|S|133|17|E}} | |- |Eijland St. Pieter |[[St Peter Island (South Australia)|St. Peter Island]] |1627 |[[St. Peter]] via Pieter Pietersen, the head merchant on Thijssen's expedition |{{coord|32|17|S|133|34|E}} | |} === Tasmania === {| class="wikitable" |- !width="150"|Dutch name !width="150"|English translation !width="150"|Date !width="300"|Reason for naming !width="150"|Coords !width="300"|Notes |- |Diemens Land |[[Van Diemen's Land]] |11/24/1642 |[[Anthony van Diemen]] |{{coord|43|35|S|146|21|E|name=}} | Now known as [[Tasmania]], after Dutch explorer [[Abel Tasman]] |- |Wits Eijlanden |De Witt Island |1642 |[[Cornelis Jan Witsen]], a VOC Commissioner <!--renamed after Johan de Witt??--> |{{coord|43|35|S|146|21|E|name=}} | |- |Sweers eijland |[[Sweers Island]] | 1642 |named after [[Salomon Sweers]], member of the Council of India | | |- |Eijland den Maet |[[Maatsuyker Island]] |12/1/1642 |named after [[Joan Maetsuycker]], member of the Council of India |{{coord|43|39|18|S|146|16|23|E|name=}} | |- |[[Pedra Branca (Tasmania)|Pedra branca]] | |1642 |''"towards noon we passed two rocks of which the westernmost was like [[Pedra Branca, Singapore|Pedra Branca off the coast of China]]"'' |{{coord|43|51|S|146|58|E|name=Pedra branca}} |Name is Portuguese in origin, although named by the Dutch Tasman |- |Boreels-eiland |Boreel Head |11/29/1642 |[[Pieter Boreel]], member of the Council of India |{{coord|43|14|S|148|00|E|name=The Friars}} |Islands now called The Friars, Boreel Head is now the nearby cape on the south of [[Bruny Island]] |- |Storm Baij |[[Storm Bay]] |1642 |"[Tasman] had almost reached his [[Adventure Bay, Tasmania|intended anchorage]] when a heavy storm arose and he was driven out so far to sea that next morning he could hardly discern the land. It was from this incident that Storm Bay got its name." [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600541h.html] |{{coord|43|10|S|147|33|E|name=Storm Bay}} | |- |Tasmans Eijland |Tasman Island |1642 | |{{coord|43|14|S|148|00|E|name=Tasman Island}} | |- |Fredericks Hendricks Baij |Frederick Hendrick Bay |1642 | | {{coord|42|51|S|147|58|E|name=Frederick Hendrick Bay}} | nearby NE cape on [[Forestier Peninsula]] still has the name Cape Frederick Hendrick, not near [[Frederick Henry Bay]] which is on the other side of the [[Tasman Peninsula]] which he never visited. The bay he called Frederick Henry Bay is now [[Marion Bay, Tasmania|Marion Bay]] [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600541h.html] |- |Marias Eijlandt |[[Maria Island]] |12/4/1642 |Maria Van Aelst, wife of Anthony Van Diemen |{{coord|42|37|S|148|05|E|name=Maria Island}} | |- |Schoute Eijlandt |[[Schouten Island]] |12/4/1642 |[[Justus Schouten]], member of the Council of India. |{{coord|42|18|S|148|16|E|name=Schouten Island}} | |- |Van der Lijns Eijland |Vanderlins Island |1642 |[[Cornelis van der Lijn]], member of the Council of India |{{coord|42|13|S|148|18|E|name=Freycinet Peninsula}} |not an island, actually [[Freycinet Peninsula]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081122055049/http://www.wetdawg.com/pages/touring/kayaking_freycinet/index_2_sk.php] When Tasman passed it he was heading east; did not see the connection to the mainland in the north. |- |} == Places named after the Dutch == Other places were given Dutch names by later explorers or colonists in honour of the Dutch. These include: *[[Duyfken Point]] - {{coord|12|34|S|141|35|E}} near [[Weipa, Queensland|Weipa]] where [[Willem Janszoon]] first sighted the Australian coast in 1606. *[[Tasmania]] - [[States and territories of Australia|Australian state]], along with [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605023527/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=tasman&placetype=0&state=TAS 31 other places] with the name of Tasman in Tasmania *[[Mount Heemskirk]] and [[Mount Zeehan]] - {{coord|41|53|S|145|20|E}} named by [[George Bass]] and [[Matthew Flinders]] after Abel Tasman's ships ''Heemskerck'' and ''Zeehaen'' in 1798. It is near where Tasman first sighted Tasmania. The township of [[Zeehan, Tasmania]] near Mount Zeehan was established after the discovery of tin, lead and silver deposits in 1890. * [[Geelvink Channel]] was named after a ship, but the ship was named after [[Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707)|Joan Geelvinck]] * Vansittart Bay on the coast of Western Australia is a unique anomaly. It was named by [[Phillip Parker King]] after [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|Nicholas Vansittart]], who was an English politician of Dutch descent. ==See also== *[[List of place names of Dutch origin]] *[[First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia]] *[[Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia]] *[[Dutch East India Company in Indonesia]] *[[European maritime exploration of Australia|European exploration of Australia]] *[[New Holland (Australia)]] *[[Janszoon voyage of 1606]] *[[Voyage of the Pera and Arnhem to Australia in 1623]] *[[History of the Northern Territory]] *[[History of Western Australia]] *[[History of South Australia]] *[[History of Tasmania]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== * [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600571h.html Project Gutenberg, Abel Tasman's Journal] * [http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/dutch.htm Dutch settlers in South Australia] * [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600541h.html Project Gutenberg, The Discovery of Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land.), New Zealand, and Bass' Straits.] {{DutchplacenamesAus}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Places With Dutch Names}} [[Category:Lists of places in Australia|Dutch]] [[Category:Names of places in Australia|Dutch]] [[Category:Dutch language lists]] [[Category:Maritime history of the Dutch East India Company]] [[Category:Dutch-Australian culture]]'