Port Phillip Association papers

C 171

fonds

1835-1866

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

457556

Microfilm : CY 1046

0.04 metres of textual material (1 volume) including drawings - manuscript

The Port Phillip Association was formed in Hobart in June 1835 to establish a settlement in what is now Victoria. It was originally called the Geelong and Dutigalla Association, and became known as the Port Phillip Association in March 1836.

Consists of a collection of letters and papers relating to the Port Phillip Association dated 1835-1866. Correspondents include John Batman, J. H. Wedge, James Simpson, J. T. Gellibrand, G. Hamilton, M. Connolly, C. Swanston, J. P. Fawkner, C. J. Weedon and W. J. Sams.

Documents and papers include:-
1. List of names possibly members of Port Phillip Association
2. Scheme for civilizing ... the Aborigines of New Holland (in Wedge's hand)
3. List of articles supplied to the Natives at Port Phillip
4. Provision supplied to J. Wedge
5. Unsigned statement concerning difficulties arising from dependence of Port Phillip on NSW
6. Printed prospectus of the Port Phillip Land and Grazing Company
7. Original plan of Port Phillip possibly by J. H. Wedge
8. Plan of land in occupation of J. Batman, Melbourne
9. Plan and position of Batman's buildings
10. Copy of Petition of Batman's widow and children to Queen Victoria 1843
11. Petition to Governor Fitzroy from residents of Port Phillip dated August 1847
12. Original plan of Port Philip by Wedge
13. Copy of John Batman's will 18 December 1837
14. Typescript data concerning the ship 'Rebecca'
15. Typescript data concerning J. T. Gellibrand and Henty family
16. Instructions for Articles of Partnership, Thomas Strode and G. Arden, Port Phillip Gazette
17. Two survey plans of Melbourne:-
a. Government Reserve for Public Building, surveyed June 27, 1838
b. Survey of Reserve for Government Buildings: the plan on a small scale
18. Two letters to James Bonwick and to Rev. J. Ewing regarding Bonwick's request for information relating to the history of Port Phillip Association

Correspondence arranged chronologically 1835-1866, followed by undated miscellaneous items including list of names, plans, petitions (dated), copy of Batman's will, etc.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Listed in Manuscripts Index Card Catalogue as: Port Phillip Papers: [a collection of letters and papers from Batman, Fawkner, Wedge and others relative to land at Port Phillip]
Refer to further indexing in Manuscripts Index Card Catalogue.
This collection appears to have been compiled from various sources.

"The original is signed on the back by Fitzgerald & Button. Copy of the will of John Batman made by Isaac Selby at the suggestion of Leslie Batman Weire, Great Grand Son of Batman" -- in ink on verso of will.