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Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme office, Cooma, 1950

More than 100,000 people worked on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme from its launch in 1949 to its official opening in 1972. Migrants of more than 30 nationalities made up about 65 per cent of the workforce.

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National Archives of Australia: A11016, 309

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