Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "Shocking Things Tourists Found Out About Australia... 😅" video.

  1. Melbourne had many unofficial names in its first years, including Batmania, Barebrass, Bearport, Dutergalla, Bareheep and most popularly "the Settlement". The Fawkner party settlers had taken over before Batman brought his settlers in on his second visit. The first official name proposed was Glenelg. But Governor Sir Richard Bourke overruled this, and on his visit in March 1837 decided on Melbourne — after the then British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who resided in the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire in the English Midlands.
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  2. But in Tasmanian newspapers of the time Batmania was the least used. Melbourne had many unofficial names in its first years, including Batmania, Barebrass, Bearport, Dutergalla, Bareheep and most popularly "the Settlement". The first official name proposed was Glenelg. But Governor Sir Richard Bourke overruled this, and on his visit in March 1837 decided on Melbourne — after the then British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who resided in the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire in the English Midlands.
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  3. The early British settlers of Melbourne came from Tasmania and for the first two or so years gave the area several unofficial names in its first years, including Batmania, Barebrass, Bearport, Dutergalla, Bareheep and most popularly "the Settlement". Most of these was how they heard the area described by the local Aboriginal tribes. The funniest one Batmania is derived from John Batman who organised early settler groups from Tasmania seeking cheaper grazing land. This name is the least recorded as being used in Tasmanian newspapers of the time. The Bare .... type one being most used. The NSW government of the time formalised the settlement, but claimed all the land to sell or allocate later. The first official name proposed was Glenelg. But Governor Sir Richard Bourke overruled this, and on his visit in March 1837 decided on Melbourne — after the then British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who resided in the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire in the English Midlands. So the funniest Batmania, was the least used. The was since the rival Fawkner settlement party wanted no recognition of Batman.
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  4. Melbourne had many unofficial names in its first years, including Batmania, Barebrass, Bearport, Dutergalla, Bareheep and most popularly "the Settlement". Most based on what settlers thought the local Aboriginal tribes said it was called. The first official name proposed was Glenelg, before the official Melbourne after about two years.
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  5. By the time John Batman made his second visit with his party of settlers , the John Fawkner arranged party of settlers without John Fawkner were already established and taken the choice land.
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  6. Because if the huge area of the Australian Alps.
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  7. In early Tasmanian newspapers reporting on the settlement Batmania is the least used. The others were versions of how the Aboriginal tribes described the area
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