Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme

Kosciuszko’s managed decline: how politics and bad science burned the high country

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The place becomes a circus.

Old Turkish Proverb

Settlement, snow leases and the rise of the grazing scapegoat

By the 1830s, white settlers from the Monaro, Canberra, and Goulburn districts were driving cattle into the Snowy Mountains each summer.

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Australia’s Engineering Marvel

After the Snowy, she was a nation. 

Nelson Lemmon

Thank God we had visionary leaders and the world’s best engineers in Australia 75 years ago. Without their efforts, the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric scheme – one of the seven engineering wonders of the world – might never have come to fruition.

This monumental project blended innovative thinking, engineering brilliance, and the dedication of a diverse workforce.

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