Geraldton Tourism

First settled in 1850, Geraldton was originally named after the then Governor of Western Australia Sir Charles Fitzgerald.

The area had attracted interest from Lieutenant Grey as possessing fertile farming land and presented as a natural port from which to ship lead being mined in Northhampton.

The name Batavia Coast comes from the story of the Dutch East Indies Ship, the Batavia which ran aground on the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of Geraldton in 1629.

The mutiny which followed is now a part of Australian folklore.