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'Batman Treating with the Blacks', 1835, (1886). John Batman (1801-1839) was an Australian farmer and businessman and is considered one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. In 1835 he signed a treaty with aboriginal members of Dutigalla, a band of the Wurundjeri tribe of Port Phillip. Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).