Workers from over 30 countries including Australia, Austria, Finland, Jordan, Russia, USA, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey, Estonia, France, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Rumania and The Ukraine worked on the Scheme through planning and construction.
Many migrants came from Europe to work on the scheme and most probably stayed permanently, moving on as it was completed.
The Snowy Mountains Scheme is located about 100 kilometres south of Canberra in New South Wales, the Snowy Mountains area.
When the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme was begun, it required more manpower than Australia could offer, especially people with particular skills and training. The Scheme attracted tens of thousands of skilled immigrants, resulting in not only an increase in Australia's population, but in its cultural diversity. These migrants were happy to come to Australia as their own countries were suffering post-war economic depression, and Australia offered new opportunities for them.
Australia, New South Wales, America, built under the direction of engineer William Hudson. The Snowy Mountain Scheme was noted by its immigrant European workforce.
Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme began on 17 October 1949.
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Prior to the development of the Snowy River Hydro-Electric scheme, when the snow in the Snowy Mountains thawed, the water simply flowed into the rivers of New South Wales and Victoria, and then out to sea.
Italians were some of the many cultural groups who came to work on the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme. The bulk of the Italians came during the 1950s.
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