Physical description

Paperback book

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Victorian Historical Journal
Issue 223
Volume 57 Number 2 June 1989
Royal Historical Society Of Victoria

Summary

Article Page 1: John Batman's Walkabout by J. S. Duncan

The long running controversy that has surrounded John Batman, virtually since 1835 consists of two unresolved questions that still tantalises anyone who reads the literature. They concern his most remarkable exploit, the signing of a "Treaty" with a group of Aborgines for the purchase of land on the plains surrounding Port Phillip, and his much-quoted statement, "This will be the place for a village".

Sunshine and its districts are located within the area of land covered by the "Melbourne Treaty".