JOHN+BATMAN

Outline the life and legacy of John Batman.

LIFE: JOHN BATMAN

- John Batman was born on the 21st of January 1801 in Paramatta, New South Wales. - He died on the 6th of May 1839 in Victoria, Australia. - His parents, William and Mary Batman, were convicts. - They reached Sydney in the Ganges on 2 June 1797. - John’s father was convicted for stealing saltpetre. - His mother paid a fare though and brought with her, her children, Maria and Robert. - When his sentence expired, William Batman established a timber-yard at Parramatta. - Here his five sons and Maria were brought up and baptized at St John's in 1810. - John Batman is regarded as the founder of Victoria. - He was the first settler in the Melbourne area. - Batman was interested in opening up new pastureland. - He wanted to do so in order to develop the growth of the colonies. - He applied for land in the Westernport Bay area of southern Australia, now Victoria, but was not granted any. - In May 1835, John led a group calling themselves the 'Port Phillip Association' to explore Port Phillip Bay. - They looked for suitable sites for a settlement. - On 6 June 1835, he signed a 'treaty' with the Aborigines, giving him the rights to almost 250,000 hectares of land.



The Old Melbourne Cemetery was the first place of burial for Batman until he was unburied in order to be reburied at the cemetery commemorated for his buddy and fellow colonist John Pascoe Fawkner which was known as the Fawkner Cemetery.
 * Le [[image:rhs2011/John_batman.jpg width="137" height="166" align="left" caption="John Batman."]] gacy: John Batman **

In 1922 an obelisk of stone was erected at his new burial place however was also shifted to Batman Avenue and later shifted again to the Queen Victoria Market site all in the same year.

Overall Batman was one of the foremost pioneers and an amazing settler of Melbourne, Victoria!!

RANDOM FACT: An exceptional Australian sprinter was a direct descendent of Batman by the name of  [|Daniel Batman.] (CHECK HIM OUT!)


 * Places named after John Batman **
 * (IF UNSURE OF PLACES CHECK THEM OUT BY CLICKING THE LINKS!) **


 * [|Batman Bridge] (Tasmania)
 * [|Division of Batman] (Victorian electoral division)
 * [|Batman Park] (Melbourne CBD)
 * [|Batman Park] (Northcote, Victoria)[[image:rhs2011/Indented_Head_monument.jpg width="257" height="223" align="right" caption="A historical monument marking where John landed in 1835 at Indented Head, Victoria."]]
 * [|Batman's Hill] (Melbourne CBD)
 * [|Batman railway station, Melbourne] (North Coburg, Victoria)
 * Batman Avenue, Melbourne
 * Batman Avenue, [|Keilor Park]
 * Batman Avenue, [|Sunbury]
 * Batman Avenue, [|Hurstbridge]
 * Batman Street, Burnside Heights
 * Batman Street, [|Footscray]
 * Batman Street, [|Altona Meadows]
 * Batman Street, [|Aberfeldie]
 * Batman Street, [|Fitzroy North]
 * Batman Street, [|Portarlington]
 * Batman Street, [|Thornton, New South Wales]
 * John Batman Drive, [|Melton West]
 * John Batman Gardens, [|Sandringham]



By Leilani & Judy