Letter [manuscript]. 1931.

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Letter [manuscript]. 1931.

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Original letter written by Mrs. E. M. Bohr, granddaughter of Andrew (William) Todd. In this she provides a hand written copy of a letter written by Ann Charles (previously the wife of the deceased William Todd), dated April 27th 1887, in which she described the sojourn of her husband as a member of John Batman's party in May, 1835. Mrs. Bohr's letter was presented to the State Library on April 24th 1931.

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Bohr, E. M. Mrs.

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Charles, Ann P.

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Batman, John, 1800-1839

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Epithet: Founder of Colony of Victoria, Australia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x00026a Batman was an Australian farmer and businessman who was one of the first settlers of the Melbourne area. He has been known as one of the few settlers who tried to reach agreement on land use with the local Aboriginal people. Batman was born in Sydney. He spent time in Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land) where ...

Todd, William

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William Todd (official first name of Andrew) was a member of John Batman's first party. He was responsible for drawing up the document for the sale of land between Batman and the Port Phillip Aborigines. He also recorded in his diaries seeing William Buckley, "the wild white man", who had lived with Aboriginal Australians for many years. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1931. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224816221 Epithet: writer British...