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 / -35.9983; 148.7750Coordinates: 35°59′54″S 148°46′30″E / 35.9983°S 148.7750°E / -35.9983; 148.7750
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

Map of Snowy Mountains Scheme

Main article: Snowy Mountains 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

External links

Museum Homepage

Snowy Mountains Scheme

Reservoirs	Blowering Reservoir Deep Creek Reservoir Lake Eucumbene Geehi Reservoir Guthega Reservoir Happy Jacks Pondage Island Bend Pondage Lake Jindabyne Jounama Pondage Khancoban Pondage Murray Two Pondage Talbingo Reservoir Tantangara Reservoir 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 Jindabyne Dam Mini Hydro (under construction [2011]) Jounama Small Hydro Murray 1 Murray 2 Tumut 1 Tumut 2 Tumut 3 Tumut 3 Micro Hydro

Townships relocated	Adaminaby Jindabyne Talbingo

Company towns	Cabramurra

Tourist facilities	Snowy Scheme Museum

Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia

Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Bombala Bredbo Cooma Delegate Thredbo Village Tyrolean

Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Arable Avonside Beloka Blue Cow Mountain Bobundara Braemar Bay Buckenderra Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Coolringdon Cootralantra Crackenback Dalgety Dry Plain East Jindabyne Eucumbene Cove Frying Pan Grosses Plain Guthega Hill Top Ingebirah Ironmungy Jimenbuen Jindabyne Kalkite Michelago Middlingbank Moonbah Myalla Nimmitabel Nimmo Numbla Vale Old Adaminaby Paupong Perisher Valley Pine Valley Providence Portal Rhine Falls Rocky Plain Shannons Flat Smiggin Holes Snowy Plain The Brothers Wambrook

National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko NP 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 Rainbow Lake Three Mile

Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains Charcoal Rams Head Suggan Buggan

Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Friday Flat Camp Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Alpine Railway Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum

Main Article: Local government areas of New South Wales

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