Cabramurra, New South Wales
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Cabramurra is a town situated at 1,488 metres on the western side of the Snowy Mountains, along the Great Dividing Range in the state of New South Wales. It is 82 metres lower than Dinner Plain in Vic
Cabramurra town, afternoon in winter, looking north from the lookout
Cabramurra Community Hall in Winter
Snowy Mountains Scheme
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The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. Near the border of New South Wales and Victoria, th
Cabramurra, New South Wales
…Wiradjuri gambirra marra ("crooked hand"). Cabramurra was established in 1954 using prefabricated houses trucked in from nearby Cooma, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and associated Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. An earlier surveying camp had been established there in 1951. Initially 400 workers and their…
Official launch of the Snowy Mountains Scheme at Adaminaby. From the left, Prime Minister, Ben Chifley; Governor-General, William McKell and Minister for Works and Housing, Nelson Lemmon, 1949.
William Hudson KBE FRS Commissioner Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority 1949-1967. Plaque at Cooma Visitors Centre.
The Machine Hall Floor of Murray-1 Hydroelectric Power Station
Talbingo Dam. 16 major dams store water in the scheme. Many were constructed in rugged wilderness areas.