Plan of the Port Phillip District, 1835 by John Helder Wedge

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Plan of the Port Phillip District, 1835 by John Helder Wedge

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Shows the proposed partition of 600,000 acres of land, including the sites of Melbourne and Geelong, among members of the Port Phillip Association as a consequence of the deeds or treaties negotiated by John Batman with the Aboriginal people of the area in June 1835. Many place names have now changed and not all the features on the map have been successfully identified.

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1835
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Govenment of Victoria, Australia
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