Associated today with "one of the worst horror stories in maritime history", "Batavia" has been the subject of numerous published histories, the earliest dating from 1647. Due to its unique place in the history of European contact with Australia, the story of the "Batavia" is sometimes offered as an alternative founding narrative to the landing of British convicts in Sydney. Many "Batavia" artefacts, including the ship's stern and skeletal remains from the massacre, are housed at the Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle, Western Australia, while a replica of the ship is moored as a museum ship in Lelystad.