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The Snowy Mountains Scheme - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Snowy Hydro. The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme is by far the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. What is the Snowy Mountains Scheme? ...

Great Dividing Range - Australia's Culture Portal

Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. In March 1812 the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hovell, Major Mitchell ...

Australian rivers - Australia's Culture Portal

Eventually, streams catch more water or join other streams to form a river. The Murray River and its main tributary, the Darling River, are the two main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin. The Snowy River is probably Australia's most famous river,...

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2005/276/1 Presentation plaque, Snowy Mountains Scheme, metal / timber / plastic / paper, presented to New South Wales Premier James McGirr at the Scheme's inauguration, Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia, maker and place unknown, 1949 - Powerhouse Mus   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Ceremonial Objects > Plaques>>+ 282 Plaque, porcelain, circular shallow,... > + A2983 Plaque, porcelain, portrait of Mar... > + A2984 Plaque, porcelain, 'Portrait d'une... > Snowy Scheme plaque in the form of a relief map....

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=58566&search=royal+australian+navy&site_id=3 86/1611 Medallions (3), Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary commemorative series Australia, 1986 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=58566&search=royal+australian+navy&site_id=3 htt...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=28879&search=blue+mountains&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=29707&search=blue+mountains&site_id=3 > 85/1284-325 Glass negative, full plate, 'Cliff, Wentworth Falls', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. irn=29707&se...

99/73/2 Model, cross-section, Snowy Mountains Scheme, plastic, Snowy Mountains Authority, Australia, 1960-1965 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Models > Sectional models>>+ 8563 Model, Nasmyths steam hammer, wood ... > + B822 (1) Half size sectioned model of Ga...> + B865 Model, sectioned coastal steam ship... Model, cross-section, Snowy Mountains Scheme, plastic, Snowy Mountains Authority, Austr...

NMA Collections Search - Digging tool known as a 'Pelican', used in the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Collection statement of significanceThe Snowy Scheme - Bill Fegan Collection consists of several objects relating to Bill's work in 1967 on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme...

NMA Collections Search - Visit to the Snowy Mountains Scheme by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, 1963   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>A two volume information manual, with plans, for use of Snowy Scheme personnel during the Queen's tour of the Snowy Scheme in 1963. Collection statement of significanceThe Snowy Scheme - Keith Montague Collection consists of the information m...

NMA Collections Search - Commemorative bronze topographic model of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme, presented to Ben Chifley at the scheme's inauguration   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Bronze topographic model of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme, mounted on a brown wooden plinth with four black rubber feet. "SNOWY MOUNTAINS / HYDRO ELECTRIC / DEVELOPMENT" is engraved in an integral shelf in the bronze component in ...

NMA Collections Search - A Service of Thanksgiving and Reunion on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, 1999   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

"A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING / AND REUNION / ON THE OCCASION OF / THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF / THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME / ST PAULS COOMA / 14 OCTOBER 1999 / 7.30PM" is printed on the front cover. Collection statement of significanceThe...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=140731&search=photographic&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=319576&search=photographic&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=259270&search=photographic&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemus...

The Snowy Mountains Scheme - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture and Recreation Portal )

Image courtesy of the Snowy Hydro. The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme is by far the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. What is the Snowy Mountains Scheme? ...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=28712&search=national+park&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=30200&search=national+park&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=28915&search=national+park&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemus...

87/112 Identity / security badge disc, metal, used at Snowy Mountains scheme / made by Amor, Sydney, Australia, 1950-1955. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. > 87/112 Identity / security badge disc, metal, used at Snowy Mountains scheme / made by Amor, Sydney, Australia, 1950-1955. Identity / security badg...

99/73/1 Topographic model of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, plastic, Snowy Mountains Authority, Australia, 1960-1965 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Topographic model of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, plastic, Snowy Mountains Authority, Australia, 1960-1965> The topographic model consists of a thin mo...

Snowy Mountains Scheme - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Courtesy Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority. Snowy Mountains Scheme> hydro-electricity and irrigation development> 1949> > The Great Dividing Range of mountains runs down most of eastern Australia, near the coast. > > Links> Snowy Mountains Hydro E...

99/99/1 Coins (2), silver, in presentation case, Golden Jubilee of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Vladimir Gottwald / Ian Rank-Broadley, Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia, 1999 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> + N19728 Coin, Australia, decimal, Elizabe... Coins (2), silver, in presentation case, Golden Jubilee of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Vladimir Gottwald (designer, reverses), Ian Rank-Broadley (designer, obverses), Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Austral...

2005/16/2 Ski stocks, pair, bamboo / leather / metal / string / plaster, owned and used by Hans Berents during construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, maker unknown, Norway, 1950-1952 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Ski stocks, pair, bamboo / leather / metal / string / plaster, owned and used by Hans Berents during construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, maker unknown, Norway, 1950-1952> > Pair of bamboo ski stocks with leather wrist straps. According to Peter B...

2005/276/1 Presentation plaque, Snowy Mountains Scheme, metal / timber / plastic / paper, presented to New South Wales Premier James McGirr at the Scheme's inauguration, Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia, maker and place unknown, 1949 - Powerhouse Mus   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Ceremonial Objects > Plaques>>+ 282 Plaque, porcelain, circular shallow,... > + A2983 Plaque, porcelain, portrait of Mar... > + A2984 Plaque, porcelain, 'Portrait d'une... > Snowy Scheme plaque in the form of a relief map....