FREE 1835: THE FOUNDING OF MELBOURNE AND THE CONQUEST OF AUSTRALIA PDF James Boyce | 272 pages | 25 Mar 2013 | Black Inc. | 9781863956000 | English | Melbourne, Australia John Batman - Wikipedia Born and raised in the then-British colony of New South WalesBatman settled in Van Diemen's Land modern-day Tasmania in the s, where he rose to prominence for hunting bushrangers and as a participant in the Black War. He later co-founded the Port Phillip Association and led an expedition which explored the Port Phillip area on the Australian mainland with the goal of establishing a new settlement. InBatman negotiated a treaty with local Aboriginal peoples by offering them tools, blankets and food in exchange for thousands of hectares of land. The treaty resulted in the founding of Batmaniaa settlement on the Yarra River which became Melbourne, eventual capital of Victoria and one of Australia's largest and most important cities. Batman moved there with his convict wife, Elizabeth Callaghanand their seven daughters, settling on what is now known as Batman's Hill. He died of syphilis shortly afterwards at the age of Batman's Treaty was a matter of controversy in his day, and the colonial government in New South Wales refused to recognise it as legitimate. Although his proposed transaction was exploitative, Batman's treaty stands as the only attempt by a European to engage Australian Aboriginal people in a treaty or transaction rather than simply claiming land outright. It remains an event of great historical interest and debate. William had been transported to the colony of New South Wales for 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia stolen saltpetre a precursor ingredient for making gunpowderbut Mary accompanied him as a free passenger, along with their children Maria and Robert. After obtaining his ticket-of-leave, William started a timber-yard business that prospered, and he owned several properties and the licence for the Duke of Wellington hotel in Church Street, Paramatta. InWilliam changed the family's surname from Bateman, perhaps to avoid convict stigma. William died inand Mary in In John aged 20 years and his younger brother Henry journeyed to Van Diemen's Land now known as Tasmania to settle on land in the north-east near Ben Lomond. In earlyBatman captured the notorious cannibal bushranger Thomas Jeffries and later on caught fellow bushranger Matthew Bradyresulting in an additional grant of land by the government. Batman went out unarmed on his own in search of Brady, and found him quite accidentally. He saw a man limping in the bush near a shallow creek, and hastened forward to him. It was Brady. He induced Brady to surrender and return with him. The outlaw was ill and suffering much pain, and did as he was asked. Brady was duly handed over to authorities at Launceston Gaol. They both hanged together on the gallows in Hobart. Batman became a grazier. He participated in the capture of Tasmanian Aborigines in Closer examination of this quote from Governor Arthur reveals 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia more complex picture of Batman's motives and actions on behalf of the government in these so-called "roving parties". Waiting until 11pm that night before attacking, he "… ordered the men to fire upon them The next morning, he left the place for his farm, with two badly wounded Tasmanian men, a woman and her two-year-old boy, all of whom he captured. However, he " Later, Rolepana aged 8 yearstravelled with him as part of the founding party of Melbourne in After Batman's death inRolepana would have been 12 years old. Batman rose to prominence during the time of the Black War of aged 29during which he participated in the Black Line — the formation of a "human 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia across the island to drive Tasmanian Aborigines from their lands into a 'manageable' area. Batman offered in exchange for stretching from Melbourne to Geelongbut the colonial government in New South Wales did not acknowledge the treaty. ByBatman's property, " Batman sought land grants in the Western Port area, but the New South Wales colonial authorities rejected this. So, inas a leading member of the Port Phillip Association he sailed for the mainland in the schooner Rebecca and explored much of Port Phillip. When he found the current site of central Melbourne, 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia noted in his diary of 8 June"This will be the place for a village. Batman's Treaty negotiations with Kulin peoples Aboriginal peoples of now central Victoria took place in June on the banks of the Merri Creek in present-day Northcote an inner suburb of Melbourne"…using legal advice from the former Van Diemen's Land attorney-general, Joseph Gellibrandand with the support of his Aboriginal companions from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. However, Batman did not visit the colonial camp that was later set up on the Yarra River i. Batman writes in his diary on Monday, 8 June that ". This will be the place for a village. The natives on shore. It remains quite unclear whether the party saw the 'place for a village' by the 'Falls' — a long used homesite for the local peoples, and similarly unclear whether Batman was in the boat that explored the Yarra on the 8th. Batman negotiated a treaty now known as Batman's Treaty but also known as the Dutigulla Treaty, Dutigulla Deed, Melbourne Treaty or Melbourne Deedwith Kulin peoples to rent their 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia on an annual basis for 40 blankets, 30 axes, knives, 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia scissors, 30 mirrors, handkerchiefs, pounds of flour and 6 shirts. It is unlikely that Kulin people would have understood this as a transfer of land or agreed to it if they had, but, as Percival Serle wrote, "No doubt the blankets, knives, tomahawks, etc. In any case, Governor Bourke deemed such a treaty invalid as the land was claimed by the Crown rather than the Kulin peoples and other colonists including the rival party of John Pascoe Fawkner arrived to settle Melbourne. Batman and his family settled at what became known as Batman's Hill at the western end of Collins Street. Having sold his property 'Kingston' in Tasmania and brought his wife, former convict Elizabeth Callaghanand their seven daughters to Melbourne, he built a house at the base of the hill in April His son, John, was born in November However, Batman's health quickly declined after as syphilis had disfigured and crippled him, leaving him in constant pain. By the end of he was unable to walk and was forced to give up squatting and move into trading and investment, but he greatly overstretched his finances and was left vulnerable by his reliance on delegating work to others. In his last months of his life Batman was cared for by his Aboriginal servants, who carried him around in a wicker perambulator. Following Batman's death on 6 Mayhis widow and family moved from the house at Batman's Hill and the house was requisitioned by the government for administrative offices. The case dragged on, even after Batman's heir-at-law, his son John, drowned in the Yarra River in 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia, and its costs absorbed what was left of Batman's estate. Batman was buried in the Old Melbourne Cemetery [30] but was exhumed and re-buried in the Fawkner Cemeterya cemetery named after his fellow colonist and rivalJohn Pascoe Fawkner. The obelisk is inscribed with the Latin "circumspice" meaning "look around", the entire city of Melbourne being his legacy. The obelisk also states that Melbourne was "unoccupied" prior to John Batman's arrival in Australian sprinter Daniel Batman claimed to be a direct descendant of John Batman, [33] although this claim is dubious, given that Batman's only son, John Charles Batman, died aged just 8 or 9 years old by drowning in the Yarra River on 11 January Batman's legacy has been challenged in recent years, and most criticism has focused on his killings of Indigenous people in Tasmania. Inartist Ben Quilty called for Batman's statue to be removed from the Melbourne CBD, describing him as a mass murderer who 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia the American Confederates look friendly" and adding that "changing the inscription [on his statue] to 'mass murderer' might slightly appease my sense of justice. The Victorian electoral Division of Batman was abolished in and renamed the Division of Cooper after Aboriginal political activist William Cooper. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Australian settler and explorer. RosehillNew South Wales. Melbourne1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia. Further information: Foundation of Melbourne and Batman's Treaty. Biography portal. Tasmanian Times. Retrieved 5 April Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. Companion to Tasmanian History. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 5 November Dictionary of Australian Biography. Project Gutenberg Australia. Retrieved 14 March Western Mail. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 April The attack 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia so closely pressed that, for the first and probably only time in his life, John was forced to order his men to open fire on the natives. As a result of this order fifteen natives were killed. National Museum of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 March Retrieved 9 September Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne.