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The construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme between 1949 and 1974 still ranks as one of the world's greatest engineering feats. For Australia, it marked a passage from the old world to the new and became a monument to multiculturalism along the way. This is the definitive account of this unique project which was, in the words of Professor Manning Clark, "an inspiration to all who dream dreams about Australia".
The book features over 300 photographs and interviews with hundreds of those who were part of the scheme. The mateship that eventuated, at first reluctantly, between the new and old Australians, was not without cost. The work was often dangerous and the accidents that killed more than 100 men are investigated here in detail. A compelling portrayal of an epic project, this is the timeless story of a nation on the move.
NSW State Literary Award winner.
RRP: $35.00
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| ISBN 13: | 9780207188015 |
| ISBN 10: | 0207188017 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 258 x 209 mm |
| Released: | 01/12/2003 |
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Born in Dublin in 1957, Siobhan McHugh graduated from University College Dublin with a B. Sc and worked as an editor, writer, and radio producer, before emigrating to Australia in 1985.
An award-winning writer and documentary-maker, Siobhan has broad experience of oral history as a practitioner, teacher and consultant. Her oral histories range across social, cultural, scientific, environmental, multicultural and political themes and have been made into books, films, TV and radio documentaries, CDs, a stage play, and featured on-line.
Siobhan has won the NSW Premier's literary award for non-fiction and been shortlisted twice for the NSW Premier's History awards. Her radio documentaries have been shortlisted for a Walkley, a Eureka science award and the United Nations Media Peace Prize.
Documentaries Siobhan has co-written include Echo of a Distant Drum, a series for ABC TV on the Irish in Australia and The Irish Empire for SBS TV on the Irish diaspora. She has published six books, including The Snowy: The People Behind the Power, which won the NSW Premier's Douglas Stewart Award for Non-fiction in 1990
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