Across
- 3. earliest inhabitants of Australia
- 4. colony: a colony for prisoners
- 5. someone who settles on land with a right to do so
- 6. government by the people
- 9. language spoken in Australia
- 11. an island state that is part of the common wealth of Australia
- 12. the dry lands of Australia
- 13. hunters: gathered food; at risk for starvation because they couldn’t roam freely to hunt for food
Down
- 1. the language of Australia
- 2. the capital of Australia
- 3. the smallest continent in the world
- 6. aborigines suffered from whooping cough and small pox
- 7. men and women who came to Australia as prisoners
- 8. generation: 100,000 children who were stolen from their parents
- 10. James Hook: a settler who chartered the east coast and claimed it for Britain