Across
- 6. What happened for the first time in Melbourne on 1st June 1837? (4,4
- 7. What term describes free settlers or ex-convicts who were first to illegally occupy large tracts of Crown land in order to graze livestock. (8)
- 11. Name the indigenous people who the ex-convict lived with for 32 years? (10)
- 12. What name was bestowed upon the ex-convict who lived with the indigenous people for 32 years? (10)
- 14. Besides the eagle, what other ‘trickster’ animal do the Port Phillip indigenous people believe to be an ancestral being? (4)
- 16. Who can be considered as Victoria’s first permanent European resident? (7,7)
- 17. Who was one of the indigenous elders involved in negotiating and signing the land treaty? (12)
- 18. How do the indigenous people view their relationship with the land? (6)
- 19. Who do the indigenous people believe to be their oldest ancestral being? (7,7)
- 20. What name was considered for the first village to be established near the Yarra River? (8)
- 21. The elder involved in negotiating and signing the land treaty belonged to which group of indigenous people? (10)
- 22. Whereabouts did the ex-convict give himself up to a group of European settlers? (8,4)
- 26. Who surveyed the land taken from the Wurundjeri indigenous people in 1837? (7,6)
- 27. Where was the most likely location the land treaty was negotiated and signed by a group of European settlers and indigenous elders? (5,5)
- 28. Who negotiated a land treaty with the indigenous people of Port Phillip? (4,6)
- 29. Name the ceremony when indigenous people gather together and interact with their creation stories through dance, music and costume? (10)
Down
- 1. How many indigenous elders signed the land treaty? (5)
- 2. In addition to weapons and tools, what ingredient of food was also offered to the indigenous people in exchange for land? (5)
- 3. Name the indigenous event that allows safe passage and temporary access and use of land and resources by foreign people. (9)
- 4. Apart from weapons, tools and food, what else was also exchanged for land in the treaty? (8)
- 5. Name the group of successful squatters who were among the wealthiest class of people in the colony. (12)
- 8. Name the Governor who rejected the land treaty? (6)
- 9. Which area of land in New Zealand did the famous squatter hope to squat on? (5,6)
- 10. Name the indigenous nation that lives around the Port Phillip and Western Port regions? (5)
- 13. Who did the European settlers believe owned the land in Australia? (4,7)
- 15. Who was the influential barrister, explorer, sheep grazier and land owner? (7,9)
- 18. Name the eagle who the Port Phillip indigenous people believe is one of their two ancestral beings? (6)
- 23. What instrument do indigenous people use to create music? (10)
- 24. What name is given to the collection of indigenous creation stories that are told through dance, music and costume? (9)
- 25. What is the term used for an animal or plant inherited by an indigenous clan or family as their spiritual emblem. (5)