WARM-UP CROSSWORD

1. of Belfast What nickname was given to the man who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (4,2,7)
4. Where was the first whaling station established along the southwest coast of Victoria? (8)
5. Griffiths Who set up a successful whaling station in Port Fairy? (4,9)
8. Rutledge Who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (7,8)
13. Besides whalers who else moved into the region of Port Fairy and claimed land? (9)
15. What kind of evidence suggests the Indigenous people arrived in Australia many thousands of years ago? (14)
17. pound How much was paid per acre for the 5,120 acres purchased in Port Fairy? (3,5)
18. What did the first Europeans take from the indigenous people without asking? (4)
19. thousand years How long had the local indigenous people lived in the area when the first white settlers arrived in Port Fairy? (5,8,5)

2. What is the name of the indigenous people who inhabit the land in the region of Port Fairy? (11)
3. Besides Portland and Melbourne where else was land sold by public auction at this time? (11)
6. Atkinson Who bought 5,120 acres of land in Port Fairy? (5,8)
7. and bones What two products were harvested from whales? (3,3,5)
9. What happened to the indigenous men, women and children when the first white settlers arrived in the area of Port Fairy? (9)
10. What was the name of the town established in Port Fairy? (7)
11. What name was given to the new colony established in 1851? (8)
12. Survey What system was introduced by the British Government to raise money to fund emigration from the British Isles to New South Wales? (7,6)
14. Phillip District What region of the colony of New South Wales was the system of land purchase of 5,120 acres restricted to? (4,7,8)
16. Where did a majority of the first white settlers in Port Fairy come from? (10)
17. Demand What was the name of the kind of false currency printed by Rutledge and Co and used as legal tender over most of Australia? (2,6)