Latitude South Batavia (aka
The Wreck Of The Batavia) |
| Documentary Reg Grundy Productions Colour Film 16mm, Sound, 00:30:33 |
| Credits |
Director: Bruce Beresford Producer: Edwin S. Morrisby Cinematographer: Gale Tattersall Cast: Michael Craig |
| Notes |
| 'Documentary following the voyage of the Dutch ship "Batavia"
from Holland to Java, which went off course and ran aground on the Wallaby
Islands off W.A. in the 17th century. Included is a dramatic recreation
which shows the captain, Jerome Cornelius, building a new Anabaptist society
from the survivors, with himself as the tyrannical leader, his rule and
his trial and execution after their rescue by the Dutch. Contemporary parallels
are drawn to Charles Manson. Also covered is the recovery of artefacts from
the island and the seabed and evidence supporting the historical documentation
of these events.' [Screensound] |
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