Across
- 1. What was the name of the town established in Port Fairy? (7)
- 4. Who set up a successful whaling station in Port Fairy? (4,9)
- 7. What nickname was given to the man who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (4,2,7)
- 8. Where did a majority of the first white settlers in Port Fairy come from? (10)
- 10. Besides Portland and Melbourne where else was land sold by public auction at this time? (11)
- 11. What did the first Europeans take from the indigenous people without asking? (4)
- 13. What two products were harvested from whales? (3,3,5)
- 14. Who bought 5,120 acres of land in Port Fairy? (5,8)
- 16. Who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (7,8)
- 18. Besides whalers who else moved into the region of Port Fairy and claimed land? (9)
- 20. How much was paid per acre for the 5,120 acres purchased in Port Fairy? (3,5)
Down
- 2. How long had the local indigenous people lived in the area when the first white settlers arrived in Port Fairy? (5,8,5)
- 3. What happened to the indigenous men, women and children when the first white settlers arrived in the area of Port Fairy? (9)
- 5. What is the name of the indigenous people who inhabit the land in the region of Port Fairy? (11)
- 6. What region of the colony of New South Wales was the system of land purchase of 5,120 acres restricted to? (4,7,8)
- 9. Where was the first whaling station established along the southwest coast of Victoria? (8)
- 12. What system was introduced by the British Government to raise money to fund emigration from the British Isles to New South Wales? (7,6)
- 15. 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)
- 17. What kind of evidence suggests the Indigenous people arrived in Australia many thousands of years ago? (14)
- 19. What name was given to the new colony established in 1851? (8)