Australian History

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Across
  1. 2. The name of the creek were a brutal attack on Aboriginals occurred
  2. 3. The original name for Tasmania given by European settlers
  3. 6. Name of an island in Perth that has a tribute to an Aboriginal leader
  4. 7. The colony in WA was named after this river
  5. 10. The location in New South Wales where the first fleet landed
  6. 14. Captain James _________ was one of the first explorers to survey the Swan river area
  7. 16. First settlers to the Swan river colony slept in these on the beach
  8. 17. Mary Ann ______ lived in the swan river colony for seven weeks and wrote a journal about her experience
Down
  1. 1. Number of ships in the first fleet
  2. 4. Name for native Australians
  3. 5. Town in the South West of WA where Georgina Malloy lived
  4. 8. An aboriginal leader, artist and activist from New South Wales
  5. 9. Prisoners from Britain, taken to Australia as punishment for crimes in England
  6. 11. An Aboriginal leader and warrior who fought to protect his people
  7. 12. The month the first fleet arrived in New South Wales
  8. 13. Charles ______ accompanied captain James to the South West of WA to survey the area
  9. 15. Thomas _______ arrived in the swan river colony at the end of 1829 and started a farm in Mandurah