 The tammar wallabi was seen on West Wallabi Island by survivors of the "Batavia" shipwreck, and recorded by Francisco Pelsart in his 1629 "Ongeluckige Voyagie".This represents the first recorded sighting of a macropod by Europeans, and probably also the first sighting of an Australian mammal.Tammar wallabies were introduced to North Island from East Wallabi Island by fishermen, probably in the 1950s, but failed to establish themselves.