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Batman's Treaty

1835 in Australia1835 treatiesHistory of Victoria (Australia)June 1835 eventsPort Phillip
Treaties of AustraliaTreaties with indigenous peoplesUse Australian English from June 2011Wurundjeri
Batman signs treaty artist impression
Batman signs treaty artist impression

Batman's Treaty was an agreement between John Batman, an Australian grazier, businessman and coloniser, and a group of Wurundjeri elders, for the purchase of land around Port Phillip, near the present site of Melbourne. The document came to be known as Batman's Treaty and is considered significant as it was the first and only documented time when Europeans negotiated their presence and occupation of Aboriginal lands directly with the traditional owners. The treaty was implicitly declared void on 26 August 1835 by the Governor of New South Wales, Richard Bourke.

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Batman signs treaty artist impression
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