Across
- 3. Australia wins 2 gold medals at this prestigious games in 1948 (o)
- 6. In the late 1940s a new working week of 40 ___ was established under the Federal Award System (h)
- 7. This ended in 1945 (w)
- 9. Girls are taught in school how to be a good ______ (w)
- 10. He was knighted in 1949 - a legend Cricketer (b)
- 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)
- 12. The way in which people lived gives us information about popular culture (l)
- 14. This was in short supply after WWII - returning soldiers and increased migrants needing places to live (h)
- 17. Measures taken by a government to reduce public spending in times of difficulty (a)
- 18. Women were sent back to the home when the men returned after WWII after entering the ____________(w)
- 19. People from overseas which included refugees who came to live in Australia (m)
- 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)
- 22. Australia's population was only ___ million in 1945 (s)
Down
- 1. A government policy to build the nation after WWII - ______________ or Perish (p)
- 2. Large public works programs were introduced to build the nation and utilised skilled New Australians such as the __________ ___________________ Hydro-electric Scheme (s)
- 4. This movie was released in 1950 - confirming that women are obsessed with shoes (c)
- 5. All the members of this band were born in the 1940s - don't use the Mortein. The ... (b)
- 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)
- 8. This really took off in the 1950s - used to sell products and services to people and inform us about the past (a)
- 10. Another way to build the nation post-war came with women almost being permanently in the family way (b)
- 13. Women were granted 7___% of what men earned when undertaking the same job - winner (f)
- 15. One way to pass the time in an era where TV was non-existent/rare (b)
- 16. This person became the first monarch to visit Australia in 1954 - The ___________(q)
- 20. The practice of limiting the amount of meat and other items consumed was ended 3 years after the war (r)