Snowy Research Paper
1） What was the Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme?
It is one of the most largest and complex hydro-electric schemes in the world it contains; 80 kilometres of aqueducts, 140 kilometres of tunnels, 16 large dams and seven power stations, two of which are underground. The project commenced under an Act of Federal Parliament in October 1949 with the goal of diverting the Murrumbidgee, Snowy and Tumut Rivers in south western NSW to provide irrigation water for the western side of the Great Dividing Range, and in the process generate hydro-electric power. 2) Explain why this project required Migrant workers?
In order to complete the scheme faster, they need more labour, and they are cheaper to employ as they are in horror from the war torn
It is one of the most largest and complex hydro-electric schemes in the world it contains; 80 kilometres of aqueducts, 140 kilometres of tunnels, 16 large dams and seven power stations, two of which are underground. The project commenced under an Act of Federal Parliament in October 1949 with the goal of diverting the Murrumbidgee, Snowy and Tumut Rivers in south western NSW to provide irrigation water for the western side of the Great Dividing Range, and in the process generate hydro-electric power. 2) Explain why this project required Migrant workers?
In order to complete the scheme faster, they need more labour, and they are cheaper to employ as they are in horror from the war torn