Land Hunger: Melbourne - Part 1, 1835

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