The History of Australia and New Zealand

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Across
  1. 4. Eleven ships that transported convicts to Australia in 1788
  2. 5. Name Captain Cook gave to the eastern coast of Australia in 1770
  3. 7. Joint military corps of Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed in World War I
  4. 8. Dutch explorer who became the first European to reach New Zealand in 1642
  5. 11. British governor who invited Maori chiefs to sign the Treaty of Waitangi
  6. 12. Term meaning “ordinary” used to distinguish themselves from European settlers
Down
  1. 1. Economic activity that made Canterbury the wealthiest New Zealand province in the 19th century
  2. 2. Official policy promoting racial exclusion in Australia before World War II
  3. 3. Discovery in 1861 that made Dunedin New Zealand’s largest town
  4. 6. Major 1915 military campaign defining New Zealand national identity
  5. 9. Tasmanian penal settlement for the most dangerous repeat offenders
  6. 10. Indigenous people of Australia