At a boat yard in Western Australia, prisoners are helping to restore a piece of history central to one of Australia's bloodiest mutinies.
The inmates are sanding the hull of a near-exact replica of the 17th-century Dutch boat that carried survivors from the Batavia shipwreck off the Abrolhos Islands in 1629.
It's reported the longboat took 48 people, with standing room only, on a month-long journey to the capital of the Dutch East Indies, modern-day Jakarta, to raise the alarm about the wreck.
Mutiny and murder broke out among those left behind on the islands off WA's Geraldton coast.
Keeping Batavia history alive
The longboat replica at Geraldton was built 20 years ago to link the WA city to the Batavia history.
It's used to take visitors and school students on trips along the coast, and sits on a mooring outside Geraldton's museum.
Vince Nock, the longboat's skipper and president of the Batavia Coast Replica Boat Association, says the vessel is cared for by a small group of volunteers.
Maintenance is intensive, so their volunteer-run group was grateful for the help of the prisoners.
"The fact that the planets have aligned and these guys have been able to come and help us, it's really appreciated," Mr Nock said.
The inmates are approved for work outside of Geraldton's Greenough Regional Prison.
As Mr Nock looks around the boat yard, eight prisoners are hard at work sanding the "lovely little boat".
They clean and prepare the longboat before coating and resealing it. The project was expected to take about two weeks.
Among them, conversations could be overhead. Some discussed how far the boat had voyaged and wondered how it fared in the open sea.
Mr Nock said the replica is doing what it was designed to do.
"It's bringing people together. It's getting them to talk to one another and ask questions and find out about what actually happened back then," he said.
Source of pride
Mr Nock said the longboat was the last surviving Dutch replica vessel on the west coast.
"The people of the Midwest, they know this boat, and they're immensely proud that it's here in Geraldton," he said.
"The Dutch were very much a part of the discovery of Western Australia from a European perspective. This little boat — it's a link."
Greenough Regional Prison assistant superintendent Dean Wellman said the work was also beneficial for the inmates.
He said it taught them manual skills, required a work ethic, and gave them pride because they knew they were working on a meaningful project.
"It gives them the confidence to then go and approach an employer and say, 'Hey, look, this is where I am, this is where I've been, this is my resume, this is what I can do,'' Mr Wellman said.
Being involved in projects like the boat restoration helped prisoners reintegrate back into the community.
"Things that make a difference, things that they can look at, that are tangible and say, 'We've done that', it's pride, for the rest of their lives," Mr Wellman said.
The inmates working on the replica have been approved to work in the community under Section 95 of the Prisons Act, which aims to assist with reintegration into the community.
"Whenever they walk past that marina, they'll be able to look at this boat that's floating there and say to whoever they're with, 'I worked on that' Mr Wellman said.
Editor's Note: Some photos have been digitally altered so prisoners cannot be identified.