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StillImage: Artwork
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Batman's treaty with the Aborigines at Merri Creek, 6th June 1835 |
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| Abstract/Description |
A depiction of Batman's meeting with the Wurundjeri Aborigines at Merri Creek and the alleged signing of Batman's 'treaty'. When John Batman arrived in Port Phillip in 1836, he approached local Indigenous leaders with a contract, to ‘buy' their land. He claimed his negotiations were successful, and as a result he owned 240,000 hectares of prime farming terrain – almost all of the Kulin people's ancestral land.
1 painting : oil on canvas, painted wood ; 125.3 x 271.2 cm. (sight) in frame 138.5 x 284.8 cm. |
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| Date Created |
1888
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| Date Notes |
circa 1888
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| Holding Institution |
State Library of Victoria
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| Rights |
This work is out of copyright
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| Rights Holder |
No copyright restrictions apply.
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| Access Rights |
H92.196
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| Language |
English
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| Citation |
John Burtt, Batman's treaty with the Aborigines at Merri Creek, 6th June 1835, State Library of Victoria, 1888
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| Resource Identifier |
65685
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