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= Convict Identities = My name is Robert Cowan and I am a native of Edinburgh. Like many others transported to Australia, I am a Protestant. I am well educated and I am able to read and write. I am married and I also have four children. My trade was to lay bricks and slate. The crime that lead to a punishment of 14 years of transportation to Australia was that I forged a letter of escape. I also tried to escape the filthy barracks and I got caught. They extended my punishment by one year. **// Sigh //** You can't blame me. Those barracks are worse than a rats nest.

John Batman  1801-1839   Pioneer of Melbourne Religion changed to Anglican-Methodists after being baptized at St Johns in 1810 In 1821 he found footing as a grazier In 1823, he agreed to supply the government with meat stores By 1824, he had enough money to change from rent to a grant of 600 acres/243 hectares He sailed for Van Diemans land[ Present Tasmania ] and received a grant of land which he progressively expanded During this time, he "married" convict Elizabeth Callaghan Whether they were ever officially married is at debate. Batman was married and had four children Maria, Lucy, Ellen and Adelaide His final indignity was being buried in the cemetery named after his arch enemy- John Fawkner Cemetery. If he had know, he would have hated it! They were enemies because in the last four years of John Batman's life, his health and wealth deteriorated dramatically. Meanwhile, John Pascoe Fawkner gained a lot from his death and lived on. When he died, they sold his land[ worth 5500 pounds ] to the Government Some depict him as a villain but others as a hero

Interesting Points One of the few people who attempted to compensate the Aborigines, who were the original owners of the land, for use of their land by offering them a small collection of trinkets and merchandise in return for 240 hectares of land. Meanwhile, the Aborigines had a whole different perspective of land ownership that did not include one person owning it. The word you might use would be "share". Only native born Australian to find a state capital city. Spoke aboriginal language. Aprenticed blacksmith for 5 years Then a jack of all trades farmer

Areas named after John Batman Batman Hill-The place in which he lived- Was flattened out to make space for farmland Batman Bridge-Whirlpool Reach 38 km from Launceston-Still standing Batman Avenue-Heart of Melbourne Batman Highway-North of Launceston in Northern Tasmania Batmania- Melbourne's name before changed John Batman Statue

Bibliography Books  <span style="color: #8a0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">KENNY Joan Settlers, (1995) //Early Settlers// Thomas Nelson, South Melbourne <span style="color: #8a0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">BRIDIE Scott (1999)//Colonial Government// Grolier Australia, NSW <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Internet Websites <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">White hat 'John Batman' 1995 [Online] Available [] <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">5th June 2012 <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">P.L.Brown 'John Batman' [Online] Available [] <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">5th June 2012


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