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