Question

In this colony, Louisa Lawson established the all-women-produced journal The Dawn. William Wentworth advocated for the rights of landholders who illegally claimed government land in this colony; the Robertson Land Acts later broke up that “squattocracy.” In an attempt to support rebels in Ireland, Philip Cunningham led an uprising of Irish settlers in this colony’s Castle Hill Rebellion. (10[1]-5[1])Lachlan Macquarie became this colony’s governor after the confiscation of John Macarthur’s alcohol (-5[1])distillation equipment by William Bligh (-5[1])led to the Rum Rebellion. (10[1])The First Fleet (10[1])brought hundreds of convicts from England to establish this colony (-5[3])around Botany Bay. For 10 points, what first Australian colony shares its name with a present-day state based around Sydney? ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: New South Wales [or NSW; prompt on British Australia]
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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%57%92.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%44%87.89
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y978%0%67%96.57
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y771%0%57%91.20
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2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%77.13

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State APitt A57-5
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan A5710
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Pitt B (UG)70-5
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU B (UG)75-5
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B8010
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)8310
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)93-5
Elias Kradel (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)93-5
Jacob Evans (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan D (DII)93-5
Owen Edelson (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU C (UG)11410
Ethan Shu (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)11410
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan C (UG)1140
Zac StaplerPitt AMichigan State A11410
Ella Mankowski (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)11410