| VANDIEMENS | British Crown Colony renamed Tasmania in 1856 (3,7,4) |
| GHANA | In Africa, the British crown colony called Gold Coast became what in 1957? (5) |
| ADEN | Former British crown colony in the Mideast |
| GIBRALTAR | British crown colony in southern Europe (9) |
| HONGKONG | Former British Crown Colony returned to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997 (4,4) |
| SINGAPORE | Island nation once a British crown colony |
| STRAITS | ___ Settlements (former British crown colony) |
| KONG | Former British Crown Colony, now a region of China (4,4) |
| HONG | Former British Crown Colony, now a region of China (4,4) |
| CEYLON | British crown colony from 1802 to 1948 |
| BOON | David, former Australia Test cricketer born in Tasmania in 1960 (4) |
| TARENORERER | Known as Walyer by the Europeans against whom she led a rebellion in Tasmania in the 19th century (11) |
| ASTRAY | Ray went to Tasmania in a lost state (6) |
| TOGAS | Go to Tasmania in Roman clothing (5) |
| HUONPINE | Tree from Tasmania in Australia which produces blonde wood with great resistance to rotting (4,4) |
| ABELTASMAN | Which Dutch navigator sailed to New Zealand and Tasmania in 1642? (4,6) |
| PLUTO | Called Campbelltown in 1856, what was this southern town renamed in 1917? (5) |
| DALLAS | City in Texas (pop about 1.4 million), incorporated in 1856 (6) |
| BURBERRY | British luxury fashion house founded in 1856 (8) |
| MAUVE | Colour of the first aniline dye, patented by British chemist William Henry Perkin in 1856 (5) |
