Port Phillip Association
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The Port Phillip Association was formally formed in June 1835 to settle land in what would become Melbourne, which the association believed had been acquired by John Batman for the association from Wu
The Batman treaty for the area of Geelong, signed and dated 6 June 1835.
Joseph Gellibrand
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Joseph Tice Gellibrand was the first Attorney-General of the British colony of Van Diemen's Land, where he gained notoriety with his attempts to establish full rights of trial by jury. He became an in
Port Phillip Association
…had obtained their marks to a document, which came to be known as Batman's Treaty. The leading members of the association were John Batman, a farmer, Joseph Gellibrand, a lawyer and former Attorney-General, Charles Swanston, banker and member of the Legislative Council, John Helder Wedge, surveyor and farmer, Henry…
Joseph Gellibrand