The Settlement of John Batman in Port Phillip : from his own journal
- Bib ID:
- 98930
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Batman, John, 1801-1839
- Description:
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- Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : Quest T. Publishing, 1985
- 24 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0949230049
- Summary:
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Extract from John Batman's journal describes voyage from Launceston, Van Dieman's Land to Port Phillip Bay; geography; encounters with Aborigines; dams for catching fish, artwork, evidence of burning the land; exchange of goods for guidance; purchase of land from local Aborigines, June 6 1835; return to Van Dieman's Land.
- Notes:
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- Facsim. reprint. First published: Melbourne : George Slater, 1856. Ferguson no. 6801.
- Available from The Manager, Quest T. Publishing, P.O. Box 59, Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1881
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1839
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1985
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