The Snowy : A Dream of Growing Up

Australia’s Snowy Mountains Scheme is one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. The project to bring water to the dry west was built between 1949 and 1974, employing 100,000 people, many of them migrants who brought with them changes that have shaped Australia. This film documents Australia’s ambitious project using interviews and historical film. Based on the book “The Snowy : the People Behind the Power” by Siobhan McHugh.

Credits

production company

Film Australia

producer

Siobhan McHugh

director

Stephen Ramsey

Duration

00:59:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302707

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Alien labor

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Alien labor

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

History → Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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