Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort

Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort
The fort in 2001
Map
General information
TypeDefensive structure
LocationWest Wallabi Island
CountryAustralia
Coordinates28°27′41″S 113°42′15″E / 28.4613357°S 113.7041114°E / -28.4613357; 113.7041114
Construction started1629
Official nameRuins of Two Stone Huts
TypeHeritage Council
Designated31 July 1995
Part ofHoutman Abrolhos Islands
Reference no.3990
Official nameBatavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629
TypeHistoric
CriteriaA, C, D, G
Designated6 April 2006
Reference no.105887
Batavia Battle

The Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort on West Wallabi Island (also known as Wiebbe Hayes Island) is the oldest surviving European building in Australia and was built in 1629 by survivors of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre.[1] West Wallabi Island is 63 km (39 mi) from the coast of Western Australia.

  1. ^ Elder, Bruce (30 July 2005). "The brutal shore". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2020.