HISTORY OF PORT FAIRY

2. Besides being killed by the early settlers what else brought widespread death to the Aboriginal people? (7)
4. What was the larger animal that the hunters were hunting along the southwest coast? (6)
5. What is the name of the Aboriginal people who live in the region of Port Fairy? (11)
6. What group of settlers occupied the land near Port fairy with no legal claim to the property. (9)
7. What is the name of the area where local Aboriginal people live? (11)
11. What was the nickname of the entrepreneur who sold and rented land in Port Fairy? (4,2,7)
12. What is the name of the river in Port Fairy? (5)
15. Who first sold and rented the land in Port Fairy? (7,8)
16. What was the smaller animal that the hunters were hunting along the southwest coast? (5)
18. What did people rely on for a source of water in the early days of the town? (9)
19. What was a person convicted of stealing when they were sentenced to jail for several years with hard labour? (5)
21. What building material was used to build the first shops in the town? (5)
22. What was the word in the inscription that described what happened to the local Aboriginal people between 1837 and 1844? (9)
24. What did people use for heating, cooking and lighting? (4,5)
26. What was a person convicted of doing when they were fined two pounds? (8)
27. What is the name of the extinct volcano near Macarthur? (4,3)
28. How did Cobb and Co use the Star of The West Hotel? (7,4)

1. Who named the area Port Fairy? (7,7)
3. What was the name of the ship that sank off Apollo Bay? (2,6)
8. What is the name given to the sophisticated system of channels, weirs and dams? (11)
9. Where was a sophisticated system of channels, weirs and dams and stone dwellings discovered? (4,6)
10. What was a person fined for assaulting an Aboriginal woman? (3,9)
13. What is the name of the body of water that lies beyond Port Fairy Bay? (5,8,5)
14. What crop did Goble’s Mill House grind into flour? (5)
16. What was the name of the Governor of New South Wales who allowed the Irishman to buy land in Port Fairy? (3,6,5)
17. Where did the pine trees lining the streets of Port Fairy originally come from? (7,6)
20. What name was the town originally called? (7)
22. What is the name of the oldest dwelling in Victoria? (5,7)
23. Who bought 5,000 acres of land and created the township in Port Fairy? (5,8)
25. What term described the British Government’s land policy in Australia? (5,7)