Liam Bartlett travels to a tiny atoll off the West Australian coast near Geraldton, to the scene of a 388-year-old cold case mystery that dates back to 1629.
60 Minutes crew on location on Beacon Island. Soundo Chick Davey, cameraman Andy Taylor, reporter Liam Bartlett, Dr Al Paterson & producer Nick Greenaway.
Dr Al Paterson leads a team of Dutch and Australian Archaeologists finally unearthing the bloody story of the Batavia.
The 60 Minutes crew on location, soundo Chick Davey, producer Nick Greenaway & cameraman Andy Taylor.
The Batavia is a major archaeological project between Australia and the Netherlands. Located on Beacon Island, 60 kilometres west of the city of Geraldton.
Filming on location on Beacon Island.
Physical Anthropologist Dr Dan Franklin is for want of a better term a bone detective.
The wreck was discovered in 1963 and part of the hull now stands in Perth's Shipwrecks Museum, along with one the first complete skeletons recovered from Beacon island.
In his lab at the University of Western Australia lie the excavated remains of some Batavia victims.
Physical Anthropologist Dr Dan Franklin. Part of Dan's work is to find out how they lived, and died, so they become more than bones in the sand.
Macabre remnants from the ship's maiden voyage.
It takes hours for the team of archaeologists to carefully unearth further human remains.
Incredibly nearly 400 years later, they are still discovering whole skeletons.
On Beacon Island the search goes on for more remains.
Beacon Island, which lies 60 kilometres west of the city of Geraldton.
The 60 Minutes crew on location on Beacon Island.
60 Minutes crew on location on Beacon Island.
60 Minutes soundo Chick Davey on location on Beacon Island.
60 Minutes crew on location reporter Liam Bartlett, cameraman Andy Taylor, producer Nick Greenaway & soundo Chick Davey.
Ancient mariners called this West Australian island chain, "the Abrolhos", which is Portugese for " Open your Eyes". A warning to all sailors to look out for the perilous reefs.