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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? ...
Ernest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. 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 Hove...
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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irn=318999&search=migration&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=365594&search=migration&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=366538&search=migration&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/c...
irn=358769&search=environmental&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=353867&search=environmental&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=501925&search=environmental&site_id=3 http://www.powerhouse...
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irn=31950&search=soil&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=167940&search=soil&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=11140&search=soil&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/databas...
irn=353248&search=commemorative+coin&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=384178&search=commemorative+coin&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=384179&search=commemorative+coin&site_id=3 http:/...
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irn=141330&search=windy&site_id=3 > 94/30/2 Scarf, painted silk, Sandra Windy, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia, 1993 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=141330&search=windy&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection...
irn=319881&search=arrow&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=319880&search=arrow&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=39079&search=arrow&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/dat...
irn=39390&search=Tea+drinking&site_id=3 > 85/2370 Tea cosy, embroidered cotton, maker unknown, Australia, 1930-1960 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=39390&search=Tea+drinking&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/da...
irn=353782&search=water+line&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=214784&search=water+line&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=240806&search=water+line&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.co...
> > 'The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949', established the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (S.M.H.E.A.) The key engineering features of the Guthega-Munyang project are:> > Guthega Dam> > Guthega Dam impounds the waters of the upper ...
irn=146978&search=younger&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=9626&search=younger&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=324581&search=younger&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collectio...
irn=8536&search=seven&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=377030&search=seven&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=393092&search=seven&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/data...
irn=29744&search=tourists&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=236352&search=tourists&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=71855&search=tourists&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collec...
irn=167773&search=Snowy+Mountains+Hydro+Electric+Scheme&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=167774&search=Snowy+Mountains+Hydro+Electric+Scheme&site_id=3 > 99/73/2 Model, cross-section, Snowy Mountains Scheme, plastic, Snow...
irn=28152&search=kosciuszko&site_id=3 > 85/1284-1555 Glass negative, full plate, 'Travelling Cattle, Kosciusko', Kerry and Co, Sydney, c. irn=28152&search=kosciuszko&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=29363&search=koscius...
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