Statue: Willem de Vlamingh

3D Model

Willem de Vlamingh
Burswood Park, Burswood
31°57‘43.46”S 115°53‘28.48”E
Artist: Joan Walsh-Smith, Charles Smith

“Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. The mission proved fruitless, but he charted parts of the continent’s western coast.”