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Paperback / softback. New. 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.
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The Snowy: A History
by Siobhan McHugh
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Snowy, The: A History
by McHugh, Siobhán, 1957-
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NewSouth Publishing, 2019. Softcover. Fine. MINING ENGINEERING Australiana The Snowy Scheme was an extraordinary engineering feat carried out from 1949 to 1974. The Snowy Mountains Scheme was also a site of post-war social engineering that helped create a diverse multicultural nation. McHughâs in-depth interviews reveals the human stories of migrant workers, high country locals, politicians, and engineers. Tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels.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. It was also a site of post-war social engineering that helped create a diverse multicultural nation. Siobhan McHugh's The Snowy reveals the human stories of migrant workers, high country locals, politicians and…
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