Vision for Australia: the Snowy Mountains Scheme 1949-1999. Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority. 1999.

In 1999 the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme celebrated the 50th Anniversary of one of the world’s greatest ever engineering feats.

Vision for Australia - The Snowy Mountains Scheme 1949-1999 tells the story of this remarkable achievement and is a tribute to the people, ingenuity and vision which made the project possible. For Australia, the Scheme marked a passage from the old world to the new. With the employment of 100,000 people, two-thirds of whom were immigrants from war weary Europe, the Snowy became a proud testament to multiculturalism.

The Snowy Mountains Scheme now plays a vital role in the growth and development of Australia’s national economy by diverting water for irrigation and producing clean renewable energy. It is something of which Australians are justly proud.