#1 Crossword Puzzle - 'Land Hunger: Belfast, 1851'

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Across
  1. 4. What term described an illegal occupier of crown land who used it for grazing sheep beyond the prescribed limits of settlement.
  2. 5. pounds How much were the Squatter’s Licence and Mining Licence fees?
  3. 9. What term described an agreement to rent land?
  4. 10. Who was the whaler born in Launceston, later to become a farmer in Belfast?
  5. 11. Who was the Governor of New South Wales in 1851?
  6. 12. Who robbed people, banks, stagecoaches and mailmen?
  7. 13. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria?
  8. 14. What was the name of the special kind of currency note issued by the firm Rutledge and Co that provided credit?
  9. 15. What was the name of the system that allowed investors to purchase land for one pound an acre?
  10. 16. Who bought land in Port Fairy and established a town called Belfast?
Down
  1. 1. Who was the Scottish squatter with a land selection of 26,000 acres?
  2. 2. Who was the reigning English monarch in 1851?
  3. 3. What term described an agreement to purchase land?
  4. 5. What was the King of Belfast’s other nickname?
  5. 6. Who ran a business in Belfast, was a Magistrate and the first Member of Parliament to represent the region?
  6. 7. What was funded by the money raised from the special system of purchasing land for one pound an acre?
  7. 8. Name the robber who twice held up the mailman in Belfast?