The Snowy: Cradle of a New Australia by Kobal, Ivan - 1999

Sydney: Ivan Kobal, 1999. 1st edition. hard cover with dustjacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear./Very Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. 24 cm.

New South Wales, Australia: Ivan Kobal, 1999 320 pages. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. The book has some water damage, which has caused a few early pages to stick together on the edge. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Good.

Rydalmere, NSW: Self Published, 1999. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From time to time many articles have been published on various features of the Snowy Mountains Scheme about its many spectacular dams & its powerful generating stations; about the achievements of its tunnellers in breaking world records for tunnelling speeds; about its completion well within the initial estimate. Those who initially conceived the Scheme, its designers, the scientists who sought & found answers to the many engineering problems, all these people have received recognition through the press, the radio & other channels. There is a modest group, however, who are seldom mentioned. They are the ordinary Snowy workers, including particularly the men who in the early & tough days of the Schemes construction went out into the mountains & gorges of the inhospitable area, living under canvas or at the best, rough huts throughout Snowy winters." ( Front flap, words… Read More