Warm-up Puzzle

6. What was the name of the currency printed by Rutledge and Co and used as legal tender over most of Australia? (2,6)
7. What two products were harvested from whales? (3,3,5)
9. What system was introduced by the British Government to raise money to fund emigration from the British Isles to New South Wales? (7,6)
10. What nickname was given to the man who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (4,2,7)
11. Who established a vast business empire that monopolised trade in the region? (7,8)
13. Besides Portland and Melbourne where else was land sold by Government public auction at this time? (11)
18. Besides whalers who else moved into the region of Port Fairy and claimed land? (9)
20. What is the name of the indigenous people who inhabit the land in the region of Port Fairy? (11)

1. Who set up a successful whaling station in Port Fairy? (4,9)
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. Where did a majority of the first white settlers in Port Fairy come from? (10)
4. Who bought 5,120 acres of land in Port Fairy? (5,8)
5. Where was the first whaling station established along the southwest coast of Victoria? (8)
8. What name was given to the new colony established in 1851? (8)
12. What did the first Europeans take from the indigenous people without asking? (4)
14. What kind of evidence suggests the Indigenous people arrived in Australia many thousands of years ago? (14)
15. How much was paid per acre for the 5,120 acres purchased in Port Fairy? (3,5)
16. What happened to the indigenous men, women and children when the first white settlers arrived in the area of Port Fairy? (9)
17. What was the name of the town established in Port Fairy? (7)
19. In what region of the colony of New South Wales was the system of land purchase of 5,120 acres restricted to? (4,7,8)