Across
- 2. Religion British missionaries tried convert Aboriginals to
- 5. Aboriginal religion was centered around the _______ world
- 6. During colonization the Aboriginal population declined due to malnutrition, diseases, and ________
- 7. The Gold Rush was particularly intense in this colony where authorities offered a reward for the discovery of gold
- 9. A person who searches for gold
- 10. Settlement established by Arthur Phillip
- 12. Explorer that claimed Australia for the British
- 14. Aboriginal family unit
- 16. First group of British ships sent to establish the penal colony in Australia
- 17. In 1900 Australian leaders submitted a _____ to British Parliament as a way to gain independence
- 19. First governor of New South Wales
- 22. To move from place to place, hunting and gathering food to survive
- 23. Aboriginals did not possess immunities to British __________
- 24. Great Britain still controlled this type of policy for the Commonwealth of Australia
- 26. The process of one group taking on the cultural characteristics of another group
- 27. The discovery of this item transformed Australia’s economy and society
Down
- 1. Someone who spreads knowledge for a religion
- 3. first people to settle in Australia
- 4. Many Aboriginal clans came together to form one of these
- 8. The railroad and _____ drew the Australian colonies closer together
- 9. A remote settlement where prisoners or criminals are sent
- 11. Country that James Cook claimed for the British before Australia
- 13. By 1828 _____ people outnumbered the convicts as colonists in Australia
- 15. colony with the first major discovery of gold
- 18. Under the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, Australians were still considered to be British _____
- 20. penalty
- 21. Scientists believe people migrated from Southeast Asia to Australia by crossing these
- 23. During the first ten years of the gold rush the population of Australia _____
- 25. The White Australia movement, wanted to limit ______ of nonEuropeans to Australia