Issue Details: First known date: 1856... 1856 The Settlement of John Batman in Port Phillip : From His Own Journal
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'Batman's crucial first expedition to Port Phillip in May-June 1835. Based on historical events rather than on Batman's actual journal and written to reinforce his claim to be the founder of Melbourne, this embellished account of the expedition has been attributed by Henry Gyles Turner to Joseph Tice Gellibrand and a prominent member of the Port Phillip Association.' (National Library of Australia catalogue.)

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First known date: 1856
Serialised by: The Journal of Australasia 1856-1857 periodical (8 issues)
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Published in serialised form in the Journal of Australasia in two monthly instalments, July-August 1856.
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Includes some very minor textual variations.
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