The Lost White Tribes of Australia Part 2: "Individuals of an Alien White Race."

The most ignored subject in Australia's history is the story of descendants of marooned Dutch shipwreck survivors who integrated with or lived in isolation in the Kimberley and Western Australia.

Settlements of white tribes have existed in Australia since 1656. "The following curious tradition is current among all the Aboriginal tribes from the Moore River to Shark's Bay... That the people of the other tribe were white..." Augustus Oldfield

Lieutenant George Grey described an encounter with a mysterious tribe.
"A remarkable circumstance is the presence among them of a race. almost white." He called them, "Individuals of an Alien White Race." He found European-looking figures in rock art that he interpreted as depictions of earlier European visitors.

The Bigge Island rock art depicts Dutch sailors in a boat, smoking pipes, carrying buckets, and wearing hats, shoes, and clothing. Comparing these drawings with examples of Wandjina rock art and 17th-century paintings, I came to the compelling conclusion that Dutch sailors and women were shipwrecked, probably during the late 17th century, in the Kimberley region.

"There have been repeated rumours. of a settlement near the northwestern shores of Australia by a Dutch shipwrecked crew, whose descendants, the offspring of native wives, are said to speak, to the present day, the language of both parents, and to have a considerable smattering of the knowledge and arts of civilised life." The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW. 11 May 1857.