Crossword Puzzle - Land Hunger: Melbourne, 1837

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Across
  1. 7. In addition to D’Arcy, who was the other surveyor assisting the Assistant Surveyor with the survey?
  2. 9. Besides tobacco, what other substance was the ‘respectable residents’ of Port Phillip concerned that the Indigenous people should not acquire a taste for?
  3. 10. Who negotiated a treaty with the Indigenous people? (4,6)
  4. 11. What was the location of the whaling station mentioned in the script? (8,3)
  5. 12. How many allotments were sold at the first land sale in Melbourne? (3,7)
  6. 13. Name the explorer who was the first white man to sail up the Yarra River in 1803. (7,6)
  7. 19. What was the name of the ship the Governor sailed to Port Phillip in?
  8. 22. Name the original location chosen for the township of Melbourne? (11,5)
  9. 24. Who was Melbourne named after? (4,9)
  10. 25. What was the name of the group of Tasmanian businessmen wanting to form a settlement on Port Phillip Bay? (4,7,11)
  11. 27. Besides officers, who else made up the survey party sent from Sydney?
  12. 31. Who was the reigning British monarch at the time of the first land sales in Melbourne? (4,7)
  13. 32. Name the auctioneer and surveyor who drew up a plan of the township of Melbourne for the first land sale. (6,6)
  14. 33. Who was the Police Magistrate for Campbelltown? (6,7)
Down
  1. 1. What name did the European explorers call the Yarra River? (5,5)
  2. 2. Who was appointed as the first Police Magistrate of Port Phillip? (7,7,8)
  3. 3. What was the original name of Melbourne?
  4. 4. What did the original location for the township of Melbourne lack which resulted in an alternative site being chosen?
  5. 5. What was the upset price of each allotment at the first land sale in Melbourne? (4,6)
  6. 6. What was the Governor’s ruling about the legality of any land treaty with the Indigenous people? (4,3,2,2,6)
  7. 8. Who was appointed Assistant Surveyor of Port Phillip but was later replaced? (6,7)
  8. 14. What animals arrived in Port Phillip in poor condition and delayed the start of the land survey?
  9. 15. Who was Deputy Surveyor General of New South Wales? (6,5)
  10. 16. What was the name of the Governor’s two documents that were distributed around the colony?
  11. 17. What did whalers collect from Western Port when the whaling season was over? (6,4)
  12. 18. Who sailed to Port Phillip in the schooner Enterprise and claimed to have surveyed the land, built a home and grown vegetables? (4,7)
  13. 20. What was the original name of Tasmania? (3,7,4)
  14. 21. What was the name of the escaped convict who brought injured Indigenous people to Port Phillip to verify the extent of their wounds inflicted by whalers working in Western Port? (7,7)
  15. 23. Who was the Governor of New South Wales? (3,7,6)
  16. 26. Who was the Secretary of State for the Colonies? (4,7)
  17. 28. What was the name of the Indigenous people living in Port Phillip at the time of the first settlement of Melbourne?
  18. 29. Complete the famous quote by an explorer who sailed up the Yarra River in June, 1835: ‘This will be a place for a _____’.
  19. 30. Name the explorer who wrote to the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen’s Land about the treatment of the Indigenous people and asked for their protection. (4,5)