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          John Batman

          John Batman (21 January – 6 May ) was an Australian farmer and businessman who was one of the first white people to live in Melbourne.

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          Batman was born in Rosehill, Parramatta (part of Sydney), and spent time in Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land). In Tasmania he started farming on land the government gave him. He brought more land. During this time, he was involved in conflicts with the Tasmanian Aborigines.

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          5. In December , or early , Batman captured the notorious bushranger (a kind of robber), Matthew Brady.

          Batman asked to be given land in the Westernport area of Victoria, but the government rejected him. So, in , as a leading member of the Port Phillip Association he sailed for the mainland of Australia in the schoonerRebecca and explored much of Port Phillip Bay.

          Batman made an agreement, now known as Batman's Treaty, with some local Aborigines to rent their land in return for things like knives and flour every year. Probably the Wurundjeri people d