Snowy Mountains Scheme
Snowy Mountains Scheme
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Date
1948-1960
Call Numbers
PXE 731/798-921
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Physical Description
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Photographs - 25 x 35 cm. or smaller - 121 silver gelatin photoprints
Textual Records - Filmstrip photograph list
Textual Records - Loose, printed cardboard captions
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Contents
Exterior Summer and Winter shots of the Snowy Mountains region, before during and after the construction of the hydro-electric scheme, with emphasis on landscape, roads, mines, buildings, dams, water pipes and machinery. Includes diagrams, maps and models. Some interior shots of control rooms, machinery and workers operating equipment
798-810 Sh...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Snowy Mountains Scheme
Notes
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Reference sources:
Water and power from the Snowy Mountains Scheme / [Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority. Cooma, NSW : The Authority, 196-?
Snowy: the making of modern Australia / Brad Collis. Canberra, ACT : Tabletop Press, 1990
The Snowy: the people behind the power / Siobhan McHugh. Port Melbourne, Victoria : William Heinemann Aus...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from accompanying envelope
"NSW Education Department Visual Education Centre Library" -- stamped on reverse of most images
"Australian News and Information Bureau photograph by R. Reeves" -- stamped on reverse of some images
"S.M.H.E.A. official photograph" -- stamped on reverse of some images
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 731/798-921
Record Identifier
YEGmlRqn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmlRqn
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Reference code
412141
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