What happened after the Dutch ship Batavia was wrecked off Western Australia in 1629?

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After the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, the event was followed by a "bloody sequel" involving mutiny and reprisal among the survivors.1

This shipwreck was the first of several to occur in the region, which the Dutch subsequently viewed as a hazard to shipping. Finding no potential for trade or colonization, the Dutch lost interest in Western Australia, a negative assessment that was later reinforced by the English navigator William Dampier in the late 17th century.1