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DescriptionIn 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's first settlement at Sorrento. In 1835, Buckley rejoined the civilisation he had cast aside, engaging to meet Melbourne's founders, becoming an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region. |