Australian History - Movement of People
Across
- 3. describes the relationship that exists between members of an extended family
- 4. a settlement for prisoners being punished for their crimes by being removed from the place or country where they lived
- 5. describes a situation where one has authority over something (e.g. land)
- 7. the part of an Indigineous language group that owned a particular section of land (about 100 people)
- 9. land belonging to the government (the Crown)
- 12. an older Indigineous man or woman highly respected for their knowledge of culture and custom
- 13. someone at the forefront of a particular course of action (e.g. settle in a new land, undertake new research
- 15. people who are members of what is usually a group that wanders from time to time within a set territory to find food
- 18. describes a native inhabitant of a particular race - the original known inhabitants of a region. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are Australia's Indigineous people
Down
- 1. a reconstruction of the history of a people based on the information that has been passed down over time by word of mouth
- 2. a settlement whose ruling authority is linked to or directly controlled by that in another country
- 6. literally means a land without owners, or 'land of no-one'
- 7. map maker
- 8. a name given to describe the time, in Aboriginal belief, when when the world and everything in it was created
- 10. the beliefs and behaviour of a person that relate to spiritual matters
- 11. a set area to which many Indigineous people were sent to live, initially under the control of missionaries and, later, government authorities
- 14. the outer boundary of a settled area
- 16. an object in nature (e.g. a plant, animal) that represents or is associated with a person, clan or larger group
- 17. a 'bundle of rights' that may include the rigt to hunt, fish and conduct ceremonies and to be consulted about future development
- 19. describes people who move from place to place in search of food