The biggest of these schemes was the Snowy Mountains Scheme. As you view the clip, look for information on the scheme's aims and the lives of those who worked on it. 2.

Snowy Mountains Scheme. Credit: Snowy Hydro Scheme It would employ, from 1949 to completion in 1974, more than 100,000 people, most of them immigrants from an old Europe shattered by war.

All these decades later, the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme, inaugurated that day and celebrating its 70th anniversary this week at Adaminaby on the shore of what became Lake Eucumbene ...

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The 70th anniversary of the Snowy Mountains Scheme prompted a debate recently in Parliament over which side of politics was responsible for the project — the biggest engineering feat in ...

Snowy Hydro 2.0 will increase the scheme’s capacity by 50%. Meeting this extra capacity will depend entirely on the natural water supply available in the Snowy Mountains.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Canberra Star. Followed categories will be added to My News. Seventy years ago Governor-General William McKell set off a charge of gelignite in the Eucumbene ...

THE Snowy Mountains Scheme 2.0 promises to deliver more reliable renewable energy as old power stations retire — and South Australia could eventually benefit. PETER JEAN reports.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard should not compare the National Broadband Network (NBN) to the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme until the project is subjected to a similar amount of scrutiny, Shadow ...

The Snowy Mountains Scheme will be added to the national heritage list. An undated photo of the Thredbo River carrying the last of the thawing snows from the peaks of the Snowy Mountains, Australia.

THE cost of adding a giant hydro-electric power station to the Snowy Mountains Scheme could be double the initial $2 billion estimate. Snowy Hydro bosses have revealed that price tag does not ...