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‘First Fleet’ Crossword © Boyer Educational Resources

voyage fleet colony convict harbour governor weapons settlers marines punishment crime sentence transportation

Write the words in the box next to its meaning below. One has been done as an example

1) crime an act of wrongdoing or breaking the law

2) ______a long trip or journey to another place by ship

3) ______a criminal or law-breaker punished by time in prison or transportation

4) ______an area of water next to land where ships can anchor safely

5) ______something done to a person because they broke the law

6) ______a place that is ruled and controlled by another country

7) ______the person who rules a place controlled by another country

8) ______equipment such as guns or spears used for attack or defence

9) ______a group of ships traveling together

10) ______a punishment such as time in prison or transportation

11) ______members of a group trained as soldiers to serve on land or sea

12) ______people who move to new place to live there as a group

13) ______the practice of transporting convicts to a prison settlement

Write the words into the crossword next to the correct numbers.

1 2

c 3 4 r 5 i 6 m 7 e

8 9 10 Governor Phillip 11

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First Fleet Crossword – Teaching notes and crossword answers First Fleet summary The ‘First Fleet’ refers to the 11 ships that left England in May 1787 with over seven hundred convicts to establish a penal settlement in New South Wales. It became the first European colony in Australia. The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove in January 1788.

Teaching suggestions and related worksheets  Before distributing the First Fleet Crossword for students to complete, ask them to work in groups to brainstorm any words they know relating to the First Fleet.

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After reading a specified chapter from ‘Stories of Life at Sydney Cove’, ask students to work in groups to write additional questions for further research and for Project Based Learning.

First Fleet Crossword answers: 1 2 c 3 v 4 h a r b o u r 5 c o i p 6 c o l o n y m u n a 7 g o v e r n o r v g 8 i i 9 f l e e t w 10 s e n t e n c e 11 m a r i n e s h t a m p 12 s e t t l e r s o n 13 t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s

Images on page 1, ‘Governor Arthur Phillip’, with permission, National Library of Australia, Ref. an9846228 ‘Chain gang’, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office

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