John Batman And The Foundation Of Melbourne

9th of June 1835: “the boat went up the river to where it is very deep, 30ft – that will be the place for a village”. Rex Harcourt argues that it irrelevant whether John Batman was on board that day as it was recognised from Surveyor Grimes’...

The Royal Visit

When the “Alfred” arrived at Melbourne on 24 February, 1850, one of her cabin passengers was the young Prince Frederick of Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg travelling incognito as Lt. Frederick Gronwald. His Highness had been...