WARM-UP CROSSWORD

1. What was the name of the kind of false currency printed by Rutledge and Co and used as legal tender over most of Australia? (2,6)
4. Who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (7,8)
6. What is the name of the indigenous people who inhabit the land in the region of Port Fairy? (11)
7. Where was the first whaling station established along the southwest coast of Victoria? (8)
10. Who set up a successful whaling station in Port Fairy? (4,9)
14. How long had the local indigenous people lived in the area when the first white settlers arrived in Port Fairy? (5,8,5)
17. Who bought 5,120 acres of land in Port Fairy? (5,8)
19. Besides Portland and Melbourne where else was land sold by public auction at this time? (11)
20. What was the name of the town established in Port Fairy? (7)

2. What kind of evidence suggests the Indigenous people arrived in Australia many thousands of years ago? (14)
3. What name was given to the new colony established in 1851? (8)
5. Where did a majority of the first white settlers in Port Fairy come from? (10)
8. What did the first Europeans take from the indigenous people without asking? (4)
9. What happened to the indigenous men, women and children when the first white settlers arrived in the area of Port Fairy? (9)
11. What nickname was given to the man who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (4,2,7)
12. What region of the colony of New South Wales was the system of land purchase of 5,120 acres restricted to? (4,7,8)
13. How much was paid per acre for the 5,120 acres purchased in Port Fairy? (3,5)
15. What two products were harvested from whales? (3,3,5)
16. Besides whalers who else moved into the region of Port Fairy and claimed land? (9)
18. What system was introduced by the British Government to raise money to fund emigration from the British Isles to New South Wales? (7,6)