The extraordinary saga of

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme

As told through the acclaimed history, 'SNOWY- The Making of Modern Australia' by journalist and author Brad Collis.

The following links are samples of the contents:
  • Historical Perspective
  • The Mountains
  • The Major
  • Politics of Water
  • High Country 'Outback'
  • The Migrants
  • Tunnels of Blood
  • The Lawmen
  • Snowy Women
  • The Turning Wheel of History - the present day

    An updated edition covering contemporary environmental issues is now in print and available from the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority's information centre, through bookshops or direct from Tabletop Press. See (updated edition) link.

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    Fields of Discovery

    This is soon to be a link (scheduled for late October 2007) for students to access chapters of Fields of Discovery, the highly acclaimed history of the Comonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). This is a story, not about an institution, but about extraordinary people who were involved in some of the most fascinating real-life stories in Australian science over the past 75 years.

    The published book, which contains the complete set of references to previously published sources and other additional notes is available from Allen & Unwin