Snowy Scheme Museum was created in 2011.
The Snowy Mountains Scheme is located about 100 kilometres south of Canberra in New South Wales, the Snowy Mountains area.
Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme began on 17 October 1949.
Also known as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme, construction of the Snowy River began on 17 October 1949. Planning, however, had begun many years earlier.
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.
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it was made by dog
he was the first commissioner for the snowy mountain hydro
It was constructed between 1949 and 1974.
It is called the Start
Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme began on 17 October 1949. It took 25 years to complete, so was finished in 1974.
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.