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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Snowy, The: A History
Author: MCHUGH SIOBHAN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/05/2019
Imprint: NEW SOUTH WALES UNI PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
The Snowy: A History tells the
extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the
world s engineering marvels.
This
classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available
again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme
was an extraordinary engineering feat carried out over twenty-five years from
1949 to 1974, one that drove rivers through tunnels built through the
Australian alps, irrigated the dry inland and generated energy for the densely
populated east coast.
The
Snowy Mountains Scheme was also a site of post-war social engineering that
helped create a diverse multicultural nation. Siobhán McHugh s in-depth
interviews with those who were there at the time reveals the human stories of
migrant workers, high country locals, politicians and engineers. It also
examines the difficult and dangerous aspects of such a major construction in
which 121 men lost their lives. Rich and evocative, this sweeping narrative
tells stories of love, endurance, tragedy and hard work during a transformative
time.
'This classic
work is the last word on the extraordinary human, industrial, ethnic and social
event of the Snowy River Scheme. The tales of the men and women involved were
more diverse than for any other Australian phenomenon, and Siobhan McHugh
conveys the varied tales of humans spread by it all over the Snowy Mountain
region with a humane historian eye. If you want to have a passing knowledge of
the making of modern Australia, you should read this tale of an era when
Australia dared to have a vision.' Thomas Keneally
ISBN: 9781742236223
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm