page_title: Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort
hierarchical_section_title: Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort
caption_attribution_description: English: This structure is a defensive position and lookout post constructed in 1629 on West Wallabi Island, Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Island, off the central west coast of Western Australia, by a group known as the Defenders, who were holding out against the mutineers during the Batavia Mutiny
context_page_description: The Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort on West Wallabi Island is the oldest surviving European building in Australia and was built by survivors of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre. West Wallabi Island is 63 km from the coast of Western Australia.
context_section_description: The Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort on West Wallabi Island (also known as Wiebbe Hayes Island) is the oldest surviving European building in Australia and was built by survivors of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre. West Wallabi Island is 63 km (39 mi) from the coast of Western Australia.
caption: The fort in 2001
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