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The Snowy Mountains (The Snowy) are the tallest Australian mountain range and contain Australias tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko at only 2228 metres above sea level. Explored in 1835 and feeding the Snowy, Murrunbidge and Murry rivers; the mountain range is host to a low laying type of pine tree suspected of being the worlds oldest living organism; thought to have had Aboriginal occupation for twenty thousand years; and is the center of the Australian snow industry during the winter months. |
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The Snowy Mountains (The Snowy) are the tallest Australian mountain range and contain Australia's tallest mountain, [Mount Kosciuszko]? at 2228 metres above sea level. Explored in 1835 and feeding the Snowy?, Murrumbidgee? and Murray rivers, the mountain range is host to a low laying type of pine tree suspected of being the worlds oldest living organism. They are also thought to have had Aboriginal occupation for twenty thousand years; and are the center of the Australian snow industry during the winter months. |
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Yet the Snowy Mountains are perhaps best known for the Snow Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme, a project begun in 1949 employing a hundred thousand men, two thirds of whom came from thirty other countries during the post World War II years. Socially this project symbolises a period during which Australia became the "melting pot" of the twentith centry but which also changed Australias character and increased its appreciation for a wide range of cultural diversities. |
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Yet the Snowy Mountains are perhaps best known for the [Snow Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme]?, a project begun in 1949 employing a hundred thousand men, two-thirds of whom came from thirty other countries during the post-World War II years. Socially this project symbolises a period during which Australia became a "melting pot" of the twentieth century but which also changed Australia's character and increased its appreciation for a wide range of cultural diversity. |
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By 1974, 145 kilometres of underground tunnels and 80 kilometres of aqueducts connected the 16 dams, 7 power stations (2 underground) and one pumping station. By 1967 the American Society of Engineers rated the Snowy Scheme as one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world. Though the principles of Hydroelectricity are simple, this project provided a corner stone of Australian industry and cultural change during the second half of the twentith centry. |
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By 1974, 145 kilometres of underground tunnels and 80 kilometres of aqueducts connected the 16 dams, 7 power stations (2 underground), and one pumping station. By 1967 the [American Society of Engineers]? rated the Snowy Scheme as one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world. Though the principles of Hydroelectricity are simple, this project provided a cornerstone of Australian industry and cultural change during the second half of the twentieth centry. |
Yet the Snowy Mountains are perhaps best known for the [Snow Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme]?, a project begun in 1949 employing a hundred thousand men, two-thirds of whom came from thirty other countries during the post-World War II years. Socially this project symbolises a period during which Australia became a "melting pot" of the twentieth century but which also changed Australia's character and increased its appreciation for a wide range of cultural diversity.
By 1974, 145 kilometres of underground tunnels and 80 kilometres of aqueducts connected the 16 dams, 7 power stations (2 underground), and one pumping station. By 1967 the [American Society of Engineers]? rated the Snowy Scheme as one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world. Though the principles of Hydroelectricity are simple, this project provided a cornerstone of Australian industry and cultural change during the second half of the twentieth centry.
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