Six Seven

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Across
  1. 1. The dramatic natural cliffs near Omarama that became an early tourist stop
  2. 4. A wall built to hold back water and create electricity
  3. 5. The fine-wool sheep breed common on Omarama stations
  4. 7. Flat land used for the first glider flights near Omarama
  5. 8. Government jobs given to men during the Depression, often building roads
  6. 10. Covering windows at night to keep towns safe from enemy aircraft
  7. 13. Controlling supplies of food, fuel, and clothing in wartime
  8. 15. The community building where people gathered for sports and concerts
  9. 16. Visitors travelling by bus through Omarama after the war
  10. 17. Cutting the wool off sheep, an important farm job every summer
  11. 18. A group of shearers and shed hands working together on a farm
Down
  1. 2. Men from Omarama who went away to fight in World War Two
  2. 3. Town where many workers lived during the Waitaki Dam project
  3. 4. The hard economic time of the 1930s when jobs and money were scarce
  4. 6. Village that later grew near hydro projects in the Waitaki Valley
  5. 9. The big river where a large dam was built in the 1930s
  6. 11. Pieces of paper people used instead of money to get rationed goods
  7. 12. Machines that began replacing horses for farm work after World War Two
  8. 14. The new sport of flying planes without engines, popular from the 1950s
  9. 15. A central meeting place in Omarama for dances, meals, and visitors