Paperback booknon-fictionArticle Page 85: Batman's Treaties by Rex Harcourt On 6th June 1835, John Batman negotiated two treaties with the Aborigines of Port Phillip. The main treaty, the "Melbourne Deed", was for 500,000 acres and covered not only land in the Melbourne Area but also that stretched along the western arm of Port Phillip Bay to include the present city of Geelong. The "Geelong Deed" of 100,000 acres skirted Geelong to the south as far as the south coast of Victoria and included the Bellarine Peninsula which was then known as Indented Head. Sunshine & District was included in the "Melbourne Deed". Article Page 98: Discovering John Batman's Port Phillip Exploration by Alastair Campbell This article examines the two different opinions of the route of Batman's expeditions of the Port Phillip region. John Batman's expedition travelled through the St. Albans and Keilor regions.john batman, rex harcourt, alastair campbell, aboriginal, aborigine, first nation, port phillip, geelong, horseshoe bend, keilor, mt. kororoit, gumm, taylors creek, kororoit creek, corner

Book titled 150 Years of Gold delivered by Peter McCarthy, Managing Director Australian Mining Consultants at La Trobe University, Bendigo on 26 September, 2001, the 2001 Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture. Book cover, inside and out has a beige copy of a wood engraving of Hustlers Reef, Sandhurst with a tan tone photo of Peter McCarthy on the centre front. Mining is mentioned from the late 1840s to the present day. In the back is a career history of Peter McCarthy and a short life story of Sir John Quick. Also in the back is a list of past lectures from 1994 to 2000.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - 150 years of gold, peter mccarthy, australian mining consultants, la trobe university bendigo, robertson hyetts, sir john quick, quick hyett and rymer, quick and hyett, national library of australia, charles joseph la trobe, james gumm, hargreaves, melbourne argus, henry frenchham, the times, gibbons, james esmond, dr barker, thomas hiscock, alfred clarke, geelong advertiser, wat tyler, dunlop and regan, commissioner doveton, sub commissioner armstrong, captain dana, argus, armstrong, stewart gibson, margaret kennedy, convict's prevention act, micky o'halloran, throckmorton, anti-gold-license association, g e thomson, dr jones, 'captain' edward brown, eureka rebellion, sir john quick, mark twain, australian federation, mining exchanges, alfred deakin, the amalgamated miner's association, robert clark, britian's national miners' association, silicosis, tuberculosis, walter summons, bendigo amalgamated mines, great war, gold mines of australia, bendigo mines limited, nell gwynne, carshalton shaft, napoleon shaft, george lansell, fortuna villa, the four deborah mines, world war two, central deborah, north deborah, william kelly, the edwards works, newstead dredge, jim crow dredge, adelong dredge, calder freeway, bendigo mining nl, randolph bedford, cra ltd, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park association, rmit, melbourne university, macquarie university, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, institution of engineers australia, mineral industry consultants association, joint ore reserves committee, ceo institute, anthea mccarthy, michele matthews, sir john quick committee, city of greater bendigo, the hon justice michael kirby, mr don blackmore, murray darling basin commission, dr janet mccalman, australian research council, dr john white, visy industries, dr al luloff, mrs delys sargeant, the rt hon ninian stephen