Australian Dictionary of Biography (online) 7 May 2014: (John Batman (1801-1839), pioneer of Melbourne, was born on 21 January 1801 in New South Wales. He moved to Van Diemen's Land in 1821. In 1835 he inaugurated a settlement in the Port Phillip District (later Victoria); John Pascoe Fawkner set up in competition. Batman died on 6 May 1839, in Melbourne.)
Campbell, A.H. John Batman and the Aborigines, 1987.
LC data base, 06-18-91 (hdg.: Batman, John, 1800-1839)