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