Melbourne Landing,1840; watercolor by W. Liardet (1840) In Might and June 1835, John Batman, a number one member of the Port Phillip Association in Van Diemen's Land, explored the Melbourne spot, and later on claimed to acquire negotiated a order of two,four hundred km2 (600,000 acres) with 8 Wurundjeri https://claytonclucm.wikissl.com/330692/melbourne_vic_no_further_a_mystery