Snowy - The Making of Modern Australia - Couverture souple

Collis, Brad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0977502937 ISBN 13 : 9780977502936

Editeur : Coretext Books, 1990

Synopsis

To this day, the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme remains one of the world's greatest engineering achievements and a part of Australian history that continues to grow in significance as the world transitions to clean, renewable, energy.

SNOWY - The Making of Modern Australia celebrates the people, the politics, the tragedies and the achievements that contributed to the creation of the Scheme. It began in 1949 and construction took 25 years. Many of the workers that poured into the alpine wilderness were recruited from refugee camps across post-War Europe; pitching together friend and foe from the most devastating war the world had ever seen. They were ready to build a new life for themselves and their families in a strange new land. Under extraordinary isolation and hardship, they created something phenomenal; an engineering wonder of the modern world. In doing so they also transformed Australia from English and agricultural to a multicultural society with a modern industrial economy. Author Brad Collis recounts from scores of first-person interviews and archival records both the human and technological achievements of the Snowy Scheme. This book includes maps, technical drawings and photographs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Coretext Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0977502937
• ISBN 13: 9780977502936
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 330
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