Struggle for the Snowy : the background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme / Lionel Wigmore.
Struggle for the Snowy : the background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme / Lionel Wigmore.
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Publisher
Melbourne ; New York [etc.] : Oxford University Press, 1968.
Date
1968.
Call Numbers
T0296462 , 627.1/9A1 , T0297397 , DH/0048
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 215 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. New Pastures -- 2. To The Mountains -- 3. Gold -- 4. Water -- 5. New Nation -- 6. From the Heights -- 7. Struggle for the Snowy -- 8. A Time to go Forward -- 9. Over the Hump -- 10. Under Way -- 11. Battling Through -- 12. Achievement -- Principal Sources --...
Publication information
Publisher
Melbourne ; New York [etc.] : Oxford University Press, 1968.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
1968.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Australia is the driest continent in the world and long droughts cause devistation and financial losses to the whole county. Since the early days of settlement men of vision have brought forward ideas for making use of the water which is held in natural storage during winter in the great snofields in the south-east corner of the continent. Their pl...
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Struggle for the Snowy : the background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme / Lionel Wigmore.
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Notes
General note
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 195-204.
Transferred from: E627.12/WIG.
Transferred from: N627.12/12.
Mitchell Library copy at DH/0048: Part of the Donald Horne Collection, North Bank Shelf 1
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T0296462 , 627.1/9A1 , T0297397 , DH/0048
Record Identifier
74VveeEkQzyM
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991017231169702626
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