Snowy Scheme Museum

Snowy Scheme Museum
Established	2011
Location	Adaminaby, New South Wales
Coordinates	35°59′54″S 148°46′30″E / 35.9983°S 148.7750°E
Website	http://www.snowyschememuseum.com.au/

The Snowy Scheme Museum is a museum in the Snowy Mountains town of Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia. It houses exhibitions relating to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme.

Overview

The Museum tells the story of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme and what life was like on the Scheme. The collection consists of significant examples of the machines and materials used to build the Scheme. Films, photographic murals and artistic panoramas are also exhibited. The museum concentrates on the stories of the Snowy workers and their impact on Australia, especially on modern Australia's migration program.^[1]^[2]

The museum collection was gathered by enthusiasts over a ten-year period and the Museum was officially opened to the public by Governor General Quentin Bryce on 17 October 2011. Governor General Bryce told those in attendance: "It is bringing this powerful component of Australia's history into a museum, for people to come and learn the history of the Snowy, for it to be passed down to generations."^[3]

Snowy Scheme

The Snowy Mountains scheme began construction in 1949 and was completed in 1974. It was a world-class feat of engineering and became a symbol of post-war reconstruction. It involved 100,000 workers from around the world who reversed rivers and built 16 dams, 7 power stations and 145 kilometres of tunnels.^[2] Construction of the Scheme necessitated the flooding of the Eucumbene River Valley near Old Adaminaby and resulted in the relocation of the entire population of the township and construction of a new town on the Snowy Mountains Highway away from the rising waters of Lake Eucumbene.

References

^ "Summary". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "7.30 Report – 11/04/2002: Snowy Mountain Scheme workers to be honoured". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^ "Governor-General opens Snowy museum". Australia: ABC News. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

External links

Museum Homepage

[1] "Summary". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

[abc-2] "7.30 Report – 11/04/2002: Snowy Mountain Scheme workers to be honoured". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

[3] "Governor-General opens Snowy museum". Australia: ABC News. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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v t e Snowy Mountains Scheme
Reservoirs	Lake Jindabyne Tooma Reservoir Tumut Pond Reservoir Tumut Two Pondage
Dams	Blowering Deep Creek Eucumbene Geehi Guthega Happy Jacks Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama Khancoban Murray Two Talbingo Tantangara Tooma Tumut Pond Tumut Two Dam
Power stations	Blowering Guthega Murray 1 Murray 2 Tumut 1 Tumut 2 Tumut 3
Townships relocated	Adaminaby Jindabyne Talbingo
Company towns	Cabramurra
Tourist facilities	Snowy Scheme Museum

v t e Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia
Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Bombala Bredbo Cooma Delegate Jindabyne Thredbo Village
Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Blue Cow Mountain Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Dalgety Dry Plain Guthega Michelago Nimmitabel Old Adaminaby Perisher Valley Pine Valley Rhine Falls Shannons Flat Smiggin Holes Wambrook
National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko National Park Valentine Falls
Rivers and other watercourses	Berrima Burrungubugge Cooma Back Eucumbene Goorudee Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Thredbo Mowamba Pinch Snowy River Thredbo
Dams and/or associated reservoirs	Eucumbene Guthega Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama
Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains
Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum
Main Article: Local government areas of New South Wales