when did the british colonists arrive to melbourne
Batman's Treaty with the Aborigines was annulled by the New South Wales government (which at the time governed all of eastern mainland Australia) on 26 August 1835 (and the annulment confirmed by the Colonial Office on 10 October 1835), but provided for compensation to the Association.n 6 June 1835 Batman, as part of a Tasmanian business syndicate known as the Port Phillip Association signed a treaty with eight Wurundjeri elders, in which he purported to buy 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2) of land around Melbourne and another 100,000 acres (400 km 2) around Geelong, on Corio Bay to the south-west.