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Batman's Exploration of Port Phillip

When
May-June 1835
Where
Port Phillip Bay
Part of
European settlers found the settlement of Melbourne on the Yarra River

John Batman explored Port Phillip in May 1835, entering the bay on 29 May and landing at Indented Head.

Batman sailed for the mainland in the schooner Rebecca as a leading member of the Port Phillip Association. He explored much of Port Phillip, noting the site of central Melbourne in his diary on 8 June 1835.

Sources

  1. History of Melbourne Wikipedia
  2. John Batman Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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