Dirk Hartog
400th Anniversary of Landings in Australia
1 Oz Silver - High Relief Proof

• Limited mintage of only 3,000 coins
• Delivery in original box with Certificate of Authenticity

Dirk Hartog (1580 – 1621) was a seventeenth century Dutch seaman and explorer. After working as a private merchant in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, he was employed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and was appointed master of a ship called the Eendracht, in a fleet that would voyage from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies.

After setting sail in January 1616, the Eendracht became separated from the fleet in a storm and ended up at the Cape of Good Hope, which would later become Cape Town, South Africa. After leaving the Cape, Hartog sailed across the Indian Ocean bound for Batavia, now known as Jakarta. However, he sailed further east than he meant to and on 25 October 1616 he landed on an island off the coast of Shark Bay, Western Australia. That island is now known as Dirk Hartog Island.

The coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 1oz of 99.9 % pure silver, and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.