Term 3 Vocabulary

4. A deep ditch or narrow valley carved into hillsides by heavy running rainwater.
5. A criminal who is declared to be outside the protection of the law, meaning they can be captured or shot by anyone.
6. An ox or strong steer used in teams to drag heavy timber wagons through the bush.
9. A poorer farmer who chose ("selected") a small piece of government land to clear, build a house on, and farm.
10. Pig fat that has been melted down and cooled, used in colonial cooking or for greasing machinery.
14. An outlaw or bandit who lived in the Australian bush and survived by robbing banks, stagecoaches, and travellers.
17. The old-fashioned colonial spelling for a jail or prison.
20. A type of local judge who held court in colonial towns to decide punishments for smaller crimes or hold trials.
21. A factory or workplace where giant logs are cut up into building timber using large saws.
22. A person who agrees with or supports a cause. Many poor country people were Kelly sympathisers who hid the gang from the police.
25. Wealthy colonial settlers who took over huge areas of land early on to raise livestock, often before the government officially sold it.
27. A high-ranking, senior officer in the colonial police force who managed large districts.
28. A daring, adventurous, or exciting deed done by someone.
29. A very deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, larger than a gully.

1. A young person or child; someone who is not yet a legal adult.
2. To search through a place violently, making a mess to steal valuable items.
3. The wooden frame used for executing criminals by hanging them with a rope.
7. An area of land controlled by a distant country. Before federation, Australia was made up of separate British colonies (like NSW and Victoria).
8. A neat, comfortable sitting room in a house or hotel used for hosting guests.
11. To search through a place violently and messily in order to find and steal things.
12. A mischievous, rowdy youth who likes to mock authority and cause minor trouble in the streets.
13. The absolute top boss or head leader of the entire colonial police force.
15. Being severely spoken to or told off by a boss for doing a bad job.
16. Large, heavy farming tools dragged through the dirt to turn the soil over before planting seeds.
18. A guard in a colonial prison or gaol who watches over the inmates.
19. The general opinion that people have about a person's character (whether they are known for being good or bad).
23. Tough, lawless, or violent people who cause trouble.
24. The long, straight trenches or deep lines cut into the soil by a plough.
26. A hard, sour fruit that looks like a yellow pear, popular in colonial times for cooking into jams or pies.