Batavia portico

Between 1972 and 1976 the Department of Maritime Archaeology conducted a series of excavations on the wreck of *Batavia* (1629). Artefacts recovered from these excavations were treated by the Western Australian Museum’s Department of Materials Conservation and may now be seen in the Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle, and in the Western Australian Museum in Geraldton. Part of a portico façade was also found on the site. Comprising 97 (of a total of 149) blocks weighing over 36 tonnes, the portico was reconstructed and is on display in the WA Museum in Geraldton. From archival research, it was found that the portico was destined for either the Land Port or the Waterport for the Castle at Batavia.