#1 Crossword Puzzle - Land Hunger: Portland, 1843

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Across
  1. 2. What weapon is launched from a whaleboat and lodges in the whale?
  2. 5. What was the name of the property occupied by the first permanent European settler?
  3. 7. What is the name of the Indigenous people who live where Melbourne was founded?
  4. 8. Who was the Superintendent of the southern region of NSW in 1843?
  5. 10. Who was the Governor of New South Wales in 1843?
  6. 15. What punishment did seven men receive for killing a group of twenty Indigenous people?
  7. 16. What name described a person who could legally use the lash on lawbreakers?
  8. 18. Who was the Police Magistrate at Portland in 1843?
  9. 19. Who established a whaling station in Portland Bay in the early 1830s?
  10. 20. In addition to a Post Office, what kind of regular service did the Police Magistrate ask the Superintendent for?
  11. 23. What was called out to a whaleboat crew that resulted in a whale being allowed to pull the boat in the hope that the whale would eventually exhaust itself?
  12. 24. What was the name of Victoria in 1843?
  13. 25. Name the famous Portland pioneer who was born in Sydney, grew up in Hobart and arrived in Portland in 1828.
Down
  1. 1. Who offered a range of gifts to the Indigenous people for 600,000 acres of their land in 1835?
  2. 3. What was the name of the ship that brought the first European family to Portland?
  3. 4. What was the surname of the brothers ‘Johnny’ and ‘Big Charley’?
  4. 6. Who was the reigning English monarch in 1843?
  5. 9. Who walked across Scotland to catch a ship to Hobart in 1826 and eventually became a famous Portland pioneer?
  6. 11. Who landed with his family in Portland in 1834 and became the first permanent European settler in Victoria?
  7. 12. What mammal was hunted before whales in Portland Bay?
  8. 13. What part of the whale’s body could smash a whaleboat to pieces?
  9. 14. In a whaleboat, who steers the boat and controls the sweep-oar?
  10. 17. In addition to £100 for information about the killing of Indigenous people, what kind of passage back to England was also offered as part of the reward?
  11. 21. What was thrust into the whale’s heart to kill it?
  12. 22. In addition to tobacco, what other duty-free item did the whalers want?