McHugh, Siobhan,

The Snowy : a history / Siobhán McHugh. - Anniversary edition. - Sydney, NSW, Australia : NewSouth, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Snowy: A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels.This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme was an extraordinary engineering feat carried out over twenty-five years from 1949 to 1974, one that drove rivers through tunnels built through the Australian alps, irrigated the dry inland and generated energy for the densely populated east coast.The Snowy Mountains Scheme was also a site of post-war.



9781742244549


Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme--History.


Hydroelectric power plants--History.--Australia--Snowy Mountains (N.S.W.)


Electronic Books.

DU180 / .S669 2019