2016 $1 Dirk Hartog Australian Centenary of Australian Landing 1oz Silver High Relief Proof Coin

Dirk Hartog (1580 - 1621) was a Dutch seaman and explorer. After working as a private merchant in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, he was employed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and was appointed master of a ship called the Eendracht, in a fleet that would voyage from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies. The coin depicts a representation of the view through a telescope of Dirk Hartog’s boat, the Eendracht, sailing across the ocean alongside a compass rose. Also featured, the inscription DIRK HARTOG FIRST LANDING OCTOBER 1616 and a map of Australia.