Research carried out on the ANCOCS collection, the Dutch-Australian Maritime Connections and the VOC has resulted in a growing body of publications. A selection of English titles is listed on this page. Viewers can access some of these online or in hardcopy through the Western Australian Maritime Museum's library, the National Library of Australia and other Australian libraries.

ANCODS
BOLTON, G. (1977) Legislation- What is ANCODS? (Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks). In: GREEN, J. N. (ed.), Papers First Southern Hemisphere Conference on Maritime Archaeology, Perth, Western Australia, 1977. Oceans Society of Australia, Melbourne: 28-29.

GREEN, J., STANBURY, M. & GAASTRA, F. (eds.), (1998) The ANCODS Colloquium. Papers presented at the Australia-Netherlands Colloquium on Maritime Archaeology and Maritime History. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication, No. 3, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle.

McCARTHY, M. (comp.) (2002) Chronological Precis of events occurring in Stage 3 of the Western Australian Museum at the Zuytdorp site(s). For the ANCODS meeting December 2002. Report—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 173

STANBURY, M. (2002) ANCODS 2002. Report on the Dutch shipwreck collection. Special Publication—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 8.

STANBURY, M. & SAWDAY, F. (1991) ANCODS 1991. Report and catalogue of artefacts. Special Publication—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 7.

STANBURY, M. (Comp.) (1985) ANCODS Catalogue 1985. Special Publication—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 6.

STANBURY, M. (1983) ANCODS Catalogue, 1983. Special Publication—Maritime Archaeology Department, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 5.

STANBURY, M. (1982) ANCODS Catalogue 1982. Special Publication—Maritime Archaeology Department, Western Australian Maritime Museum, 4.

VOC shipwrecks
BOWLER, S. (1991) In search of the Zuytdorp survivors: report on an archaeological reconnaissance of a site in the Shark Bay area, 1990. Preliminary Report. Archaeological report, Department of Archaeology, University of Western Australia.

GIBBS, M. (2002) Maritime archaeology and the behaviour during crisis: the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629). IN: GRATTAN, J. & TORRENCE, R. (eds) Natural disasters, catastrophes and cultural change, Routledge, London, pp.66-86.

GREEN, J. (1989) The loss of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie Retourschip Batavia, Western Australia 1629: an excavation report and catalogue of artefacts. Oxford, BAR International Series 489.

GREEN, J. (1985) Treasures from the Vergulde Draeck. Perth, Western Australian Museum.

GREEN, J. (1983) The Vergulde Draeck excavation 1981 & 1983, Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 7(2), pp.1-8.

GREEN, J. (1977) The AVOC Jacht Vergulde Draeck, Western Australia 1656. Oxford, BAR, Supplementary Series 36.

INGELMAN-SUNDBERG, C. (1975) The V.O. C. Ship Batavia 1629. Report on the Third Season of Excavation. Australian Archaeology, 3, pp.45-53.

INGELMAN-SUNDBERG, C. (1976) The V.O.C. Ship Zeewijk 1727. Report on the 1976 survey of the Site. Australian Archaeology, 5, pp.18-33.

INGELMAN-SUNDBERG, C. (1978) Relics from the Dutch East Indiaman, Zeewijk, foundered in 1727. Special Publication—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum, No. 10.

McCARTHY, M. (1990) Zuytdorp. A report on the situation to date by M. McCarthy. Zuytdorp Project Leader with Geoff Kimpton. Archaeological report, Western Australian Maritime Museum.

MORSE, K. (1987) An archaeological survey of midden sites near the Zuytdorp wreck, Western Australia. Archaeological report, Anthropology Department, Western Australian Museum.

PATERSON, A. & FRANKLIN, D. (2004) The 1629 mass grave for Batavia victims, Beacon Island, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Australasian Historical Archaeology, 22, pp. 71-78.

STANBURY, M. (ed.) (2000) Abrohlos Island archaeological sites: interim report. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No.5, Fremantle.

WEAVER, F. (1990) Report of the excavations of previously disturbed land sites associated with the VOC ship Zuytdorp, wrecked 1712, Zuytdorp Cliffs, Western Australia. Archaeological report, Western Australian Maritime Museum.

WEBBER, J. and LEPPER, J. (2005) Tracing a 17-20th century odyssey: the provenance of the Batavia sandstone portico. Bulletin of the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, Volume 29.

Dutch-Australian maritime connections
PELSAERT, F. (1994) The voyage of the Batavia: first published in 1647, reissued with a translation from the original Dutch, and a commentary by Martin Terry of the Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney, Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd/ Australian National Maritime Museum.

SHAW, L. & WILKINS, W. (Eds.) (2006) Dutch connections: 400 years of Australian-Dutch maritime links 1606-2006. Papers presented at the 'Dutch connections' symposium in Sydney and Fremantle. Sydney, Australian National Maritime Museum.

Batavia artefacts
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WA Maritime Museum

Diving on the Batavia
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WA Maritime Museum