Across
- 3. Pioneered agriculture after conviction (9)
- 5. Empire's act of claiming territory (12)
- 6. Trade route between three regions (10)
- 10. A pardoned convict (10)
- 13. Mass development of industries (16)
- 16. Convict ship stationed when jails were full (4)
- 17. Chooses to live abroad permanently (11)
- 18. Fencing off open fields (9)
Down
- 1. One transported for crimes (7)
- 2. The end of slavery (9)
- 4. Ships carrying captives (7)
- 7. Sold at these upon arrival in America (7)
- 8. 1788 fleet to Australia (10)
- 9. Forced labor system ended in 1865 (7)
- 11. Moves livestock over distances (6)
- 12. Southern crop spun into fabric (6)
- 14. Disease that devastated populations (8)
- 15. Aboriginal resistor (8)