#1 Crossword Puzzle - 'Land Hunger: Belfast, 1851'

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Across
  1. 5. pounds How much were the Squatter’s Licence and Mining Licence fees?
  2. 11. What was the name of the system that allowed investors to purchase land for one pound an acre?
  3. 12. Who was the reigning English monarch in 1851?
  4. 15. Who was the whaler born in Launceston, later to become a farmer in Belfast?
  5. 17. Who was the Governor of New South Wales in 1851?
  6. 18. Who robbed people, banks, stagecoaches and mailmen?
  7. 20. Name the robber who twice held up the mailman in Belfast?
  8. 21. What is the name of the Indigenous people who live near Port Fairy, Portland and Warrnambool?
  9. 22. What mining term describes the careful washing of rocky material in a shallow metal pan?
  10. 23. What mining term describes small amounts of clay being dumped into a large container filled with water to dissolve the clay.
  11. 24. What mining term describes using a wooden box with a handle on one side and a ridged bottom covered with hessian cloth to sort pieces of rock?
  12. 25. What term described an agreement to rent land?
Down
  1. 1. Who was the Scottish squatter with a land selection of 26,000 acres?
  2. 2. What term described an agreement to purchase land?
  3. 3. What was the King of Belfast’s other nickname?
  4. 4. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria?
  5. 6. Who bought land in Port Fairy and established a town called Belfast?
  6. 7. What was the name of the period in the 1850s in Victoria when miners went looking for a precious ore?
  7. 8. What animal was central to a dispute between the Indigenous people and whalers that resulted in a massacre near Portland in 1834?
  8. 9. Where was a group of Indigenous people massacred near Portland?
  9. 10. What was funded by the money raised from the special system of purchasing land for one pound an acre?
  10. 13. Who ran a business in Belfast, was a Magistrate and the first Member of Parliament to represent the region?
  11. 14. What mining term describes the digging of a shaft up to 50 meters deep?
  12. 16. What was the name of the special kind of currency note issued by the firm Rutledge and Co that provided credit?
  13. 19. What term described an illegal occupier of crown land who used it for grazing sheep beyond the prescribed limits of settlement.