history “The settlement of the Port Phillip District was a grab for land by greedy squatters.” Evaluate the truth of this statement by analyzing the reasons for settlement of the Port Phillip District.

In order to evaluate the truth of this statement this essay will analyze the reasons for the settlement of the Port Phillip District.

In 1835 John Batman sailed from Launceston to the Port Phillip District on his ship the ‘Rebecca’. He was being supported by a group of wealthy men known as the Port Phillip Association. He had come to the Port Phillip District in an attempt to purchase land from the aborigine’s as well as to explore the unfamiliar territory.

Whilst exploring he wrote a report on the quality of land. “I went on shore to look at the land, which appeared beautiful, with scarcely any timber on. On my landing I found hills of a most superior description – beyond my most sanguine expectations. The land excellent, and very rich – and light black soil, covered with kangaroo grass two feet high, and as thick as it could stand. Good hay could be made, and in any quantity. The trees not more than six to the acre, and those small sheoak and wattle. I never saw any...