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    The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. Near...
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    The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range...
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  • company was previously known as Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority. The company manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme that generates on average around...
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    Wales, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The river has been immortalised in cultural folklore through the poem The Man from Snowy River, written by Banjo...
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  • dispatchable generation project expands upon the original Snowy Mountains Scheme (ex post facto Snowy 1.0) connecting two existing dams through a 27-kilometre...
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    Adaminaby (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    sports enthusiasts as well as a base for viewing aspects of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Adaminaby is one of the highest towns in Australia, with regular...
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    Jindabyne, New South Wales (category Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
    due to the construction of Jindabyne Dam, on the Snowy River, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. At the 2016 census, Jindabyne had a population of...
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    Talbingo, New South Wales (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    small town in New South Wales, Australia at the edge of the Snowy Mountains on the Snowy Mountains Highway. The town is 410 metres above sea level. It is on...
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  • Cooma–Snowy Mountains Airport (marketed as just Snowy Mountains Airport) (IATA: OOM, ICAO: YCOM) is an airport located in Coolringdon, 9 nautical miles...
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    to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. The Museum tells the story of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme and what life...
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    Cooma (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and grew rapidly. Those working on the Snowy Scheme depended on the railway and during construction of the scheme, the railways...
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    Eucumbene Dam (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy...
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  • the Snowy Mountains Authority (SMA) undertook a massive hydro-electric and irrigation project, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, in the Snowy Mountains of New...
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    Khancoban (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Victoria. Khancoban was constructed to house workers involved in the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Australia's largest engineering project, designed to provide hydro-electric...
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    privatised in the 1990s. The scheme was originally developed solely for electricity generation, unlike the Snowy Mountains Scheme, which was also intended...
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    Tumut Hydroelectric Power Station (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Australia, that are part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The generating assets of the three Tumut power stations are owned by Snowy Hydro Limited, a company whose...
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    months, and the road also provides access to many parts of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The highway bears the B72 shield along its entire length. The highway...
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    Jindabyne Dam (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy...
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  • Kosciuszko National Park (category Snowy Mountains)
    Bureau of Statistics 1986 Special Article: The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme The Snowy Mountains Scheme Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Cabramurra, New South Wales (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    prefabricated houses, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and associated Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. An earlier surveying camp had been established...
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    Blowering Dam (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy...
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    Guthega, New South Wales (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    dam used to generate hydro electricity as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, now managed by Snowy Hydro. The Aboriginal cultural group Ngarigo were nomadic...
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    Murrumbidgee River through the civil engineering project of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The range's natural ecology is protected by large national parks...
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    Tumut (category Snowy Mountains Highway)
    peoples. Tumut is often referred to as the 'gateway to the snowy' Snowy Mountains Scheme. The former Tumut Shire was administered from offices located...
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    Tumut River (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    Tumut River has been altered as a result of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. A series of sixteen major dams and seven hydro-electric power stations...
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    Geehi Dam (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    in 1966, and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east...
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    manufacturing industry and government assisted programmes such as the Snowy Mountains Scheme. This hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia...
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    Tantangara Dam (category Snowy Mountains Scheme)
    upstream of Adaminaby in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam is part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity...
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  • four-meter-long expanding anchor rock bolts while working on the Snowy Mountains Scheme. As shown in the figure, rock bolts are almost always installed...
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    the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), and the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Some of the new legislation was successfully challenged in the...
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