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I am the greatest landowner in the world
Quote byJohn Batman · 1801–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Boast made in the Cornwall Hotel, Launceston, June 1835. Quoted in James Bonwick, John Batman, the Founder of Victoria, 2nd ed. (Melbourne, 1868) p. 54.
English (original)
I am the greatest landowner in the world.
— John Batman
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