The Albatross Necklace: The Last Voyage of the Zuytdorp | Peter Purchase

The Albatross Necklace by Peter Purchase is a historical novel inspired by real events surrounding the 1712 shipwreck of the Dutch vessel Zuytdorp off the coast of Western Australia. The story follows Lennard Currie, an Aboriginal glass sculptor tracing his European ancestry to a shipwreck survivor rescued by the Malgana people. Moving between the Netherlands in the early 18th century and Western Australia during British settlement, the novel explores ancestry, cultural encounters, colonial history, and resistance.