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Saturday, July 28, 2007
"I'm from Batman" - What might have been.
Melbourne in Australia was named after the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who resided in the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire.
Sometimes I wonder though what might have been if Melbourne was named after one of the first European exploroers to land on the Yarra river, John Batman.
Us Melburnians could have been be saying that "I'm from Batman". We might have been known as "Batmaniacs".
As it stands I'm happy with the name Melbourne, and I'm grateful that we were founded in his time. Melbourne just as easily could have been called Peel or Disraeli. "I'm from Peel" or "I'm from Disraeli" just doesn't roll off the tongue as eloquently as Melbourne.
John Batman - Melbourne
Sometimes I wonder though what might have been if Melbourne was named after one of the first European exploroers to land on the Yarra river, John Batman.
Us Melburnians could have been be saying that "I'm from Batman". We might have been known as "Batmaniacs".
As it stands I'm happy with the name Melbourne, and I'm grateful that we were founded in his time. Melbourne just as easily could have been called Peel or Disraeli. "I'm from Peel" or "I'm from Disraeli" just doesn't roll off the tongue as eloquently as Melbourne.
John Batman - Melbourne
Labels: australia, batman, melbourne
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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