Schooner Rebecca

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The 30-ton schooner Rebecca was based in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in the 1830s and used by John Batman on behalf of the Port Phillip Association on his first voyage to Port Phillip where he entered into a treaty with the aborigines for use of their land and chose the site of the future city of Melbourne.

After leaving a small party at Indented Head, Batman returned to Launceston in the Rebecca and announced his treaty to the colony at large. John Helder Wedge, who was also a member of the Port Phillip Association, then sailed to Port Phillip in Rebecca to explore the country, landing at Indented Head and then sailing up the Yarra River, which he named.

The fate of Rebecca has not been recorded.

There is a monument to Rebecca at Rosevears, in the Tamar Valley, in Tasmania, recording its role in the founding of Melbourne.

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