- Wallabi Group
The Wallabi Group is the northern-most group of islands in the
Houtman Abrolhos . Nominally located at coord|28|28|S|113|42|E|display=inline,title|scale:100000_type:isle,Gazetteer of Australia | name = Wallabi Group | id = 283552] it is 58 kilometres from theAustralia n mainland, and about 9 kilometres from theEaster Group .cite web | title = Houtman Abrolhos | work = oceandots.com | url = http://www.oceandots.com/indian/houtman/ | accessdate = 2007-10-13]The group consists of a number of islands arising from a
carbonate platform 17 kilometres long and up to 10 kilometres wide, and also the outlying North Island, located 14 kilometres to the northwest of the main platform. The main islands are North Island,West Wallabi Island ,East Wallabi Island , Long Island andBeacon Island .The Wallabi Group is best known for the
shipwreck of the "Batavia" onMorning Reef near Beacon Island in 1629,Western Australian Shipwrecks Database | name = Batavia | id = 1316] and the subsequentmutiny and that took place among the marooned survivors.cite book | first = Mike | last = Dash | year = 2002 | title = Batavia's Graveyard | location = Great Britain | publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson | isbn = 0-575-07024-2] Another wreck for which a location is known is the "Hadda", which was wrecked offBeacon Island in April 1877Western Australian Shipwrecks Database | name = Hadda | id = 1269] and now lies about a kilometre north of it.Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Map sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi]ee also
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Easter Group
*Pelsaert Group
*List of islands of Australia References
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