The area that is now central and…

The area that is now central and northern Melbourne is explored in May and June 1835 by John Batman, a leading member of the Port Phillip Association in Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania), who claims to have negotiated a purchase of six hundred thousand acres (2twenty-four hundred square kilometers) with eight Wurundjeri elders.

Batman selects a site on the northern bank of the Yarra River, declaring that "this will be the place for a village".

Batman then returns to Launceston in Tasmania.

In early August 1835 a different group of settlers, including John Pascoe Fawkner, leaves Launceston on the ship Enterprize.

Fawkner is forced to disembark at Georgetown, Tasmania, because of outstanding debts.

The remainder of the party continues and arrives at the mouth of the Yarra River on August 15, 1835.

On August 30, 1835, the party disembarks and established a settlement at the site of the current Melbourne Immigration Museum.

Batman and his group arrive on September 2, 1835, and the two groups ultimately agree to share the settlement.

Initially the settlement has the native name Dootigala.

Batman's Treaty with the Aborigines is annulled by the New South Wales governor (who at this time governed all of eastern mainland Australia), with compensation paid to members of the association.