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Snowy Mountains Scheme Tour Highlights Vast Australian Project
A reader recounts a week touring the Snowy Mountains Authority operations from Canberra to Cooma and Jindabyne. The visit covers War Memorials, Parliament House, a pre fabricated housing factory, Mt Kosciusko, Guthega dam, Munyang power plant, and Tu Mut Pond site, ending with a Tumbarumba return. The piece notes staff diversity, new Australian workers, and the scale of construction including 6000 ft elevations, 30 mile water runs, and a ninefold Sydney harbor reservoir capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
War Memorial
Institute of Anatomy
Thhen
Red Hill
Ainslie
Duntroon
Kingsley
Parliament House
Snowy Mountains Authority
Cooma
Lewis
S.M.A
Scientific Services Laboratory
Leitch
Jindabyne
Mt. Kosciusko
Island Bend
Guthega Dam
Kosciusko
Little
Norway
Snowy River
Munyang Power Station
Goulburn
Guthega-Manyung
Harwell
U.K
Jindabyne Dam
Hume Reservoir
Great Dividing Range
Murray
Adaminaby
Sydney Harbor
Tol Lookout
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