Pop culture - 1940s and 50s

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Across
  1. 3. Australia wins 2 gold medals at this prestigious games in 1948 (o)
  2. 6. In the late 1940s a new working week of 40 ___ was established under the Federal Award System (h)
  3. 7. This ended in 1945 (w)
  4. 9. Girls are taught in school how to be a good ______ (w)
  5. 10. He was knighted in 1949 - a legend Cricketer (b)
  6. 11. These types of devices were more common place and made women's work easier(?) in the 1950s - ___________ saving devices such as vacuum cleaners (l)
  7. 12. The way in which people lived gives us information about popular culture (l)
  8. 14. This was in short supply after WWII - returning soldiers and increased migrants needing places to live (h)
  9. 17. Measures taken by a government to reduce public spending in times of difficulty (a)
  10. 18. Women were sent back to the home when the men returned after WWII after entering the ____________(w)
  11. 19. People from overseas which included refugees who came to live in Australia (m)
  12. 21. This included things like stomach lining, brains, livers and kidneys and was seen as a way to use all elements of an animal allowing for no wastage - eaten in many households (t)
  13. 22. Australia's population was only ___ million in 1945 (s)
Down
  1. 1. A government policy to build the nation after WWII - ______________ or Perish (p)
  2. 2. Large public works programs were introduced to build the nation and utilised skilled New Australians such as the __________ ___________________ Hydro-electric Scheme (s)
  3. 4. This movie was released in 1950 - confirming that women are obsessed with shoes (c)
  4. 5. All the members of this band were born in the 1940s - don't use the Mortein. The ... (b)
  5. 6. This brand of motor vehicle saw its first car come off the line in 1948 - sad to have them close down in 2020 (h)
  6. 8. This really took off in the 1950s - used to sell products and services to people and inform us about the past (a)
  7. 10. Another way to build the nation post-war came with women almost being permanently in the family way (b)
  8. 13. Women were granted 7___% of what men earned when undertaking the same job - winner (f)
  9. 15. One way to pass the time in an era where TV was non-existent/rare (b)
  10. 16. This person became the first monarch to visit Australia in 1954 - The ___________(q)
  11. 20. The practice of limiting the amount of meat and other items consumed was ended 3 years after the war (r)