The Snowy: A History, New Edition

By Siobhán McHugh

The Snowy: A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. The Snowy Scheme was an extraordinary engineering feat carried out over twenty-five years from 1949 to 1974 - one that drove rivers through tunnels built through the Australian Alps, irrigated the dry inland and generated energy for the densely populated east coast. It was also a site of post-war social engineering that helped create a diverse multicultural nation. Siobh n McHugh'sThe Snowy reveals the human stories of migrant workers, high country locals, politicians and engineers. It also examines the difficult and dangerous aspects of such a major construction in which 121 men lost their lives. Rich and evocative, this prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742236227
• ISBN13: 9781742236223
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"