Australian History

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