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Category: Development & Expansion

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Development & Expansion Rogues & Notable Australians

57 – Macarthur & Wool

John Macarthur was a divisive character in the first decades of the New South Wales penal colony and he was instrumental in the overthrow of...

Posted on January 11, 2022 Development & Expansion

56 – Great Ocean Road Memorial

The ‘Great Ocean Road’ is it one of Victoria’s, indeed Australia’s, most well known international tourist attractions, and a favoured coastal town drive for locals,...

Posted on June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

51 – Australian Rules Football History

Australian Rules Football and the earliest clubs formed to compete, are said to be the oldest established football clubs in the world.  Started in the...

Posted on April 30, 2021 Development & Expansion

50 – WW2 Salvage Operation

Early in World War 2, German Raiders were laying sea mines around Australian & New Zealand coastal waters. Here we tell the story of one...

Posted on November 30, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion Transportation & Convicts

43 – Shipwreck & first contact

In 1796, the Calcutta merchants Campbell & Clark, sent a boat load of attractive goods, including much needed home and personal wares, and much desired...

Posted on October 26, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

42 – Snowy Hydro Scheme – Pt 5 – Completion

This episode concludes the series exploring the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme; the vast hydro electric, and irrigation project, that began in 1949 and was under...

Posted on September 28, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

41 – Snowy Hydro – Pt 4: Working environments & safety

Today we turn our attention the workers’ arrangements.  At the peak of construction, over 1959/60, there were 7300 people employed on the project.  So that’s...

Posted on August 24, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

40 – Snowy Hydro – Pt 3: Contractors & townships

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began construction at Guthega, with a Norwegian contractor, and before too long, power was being delivered to the people. Workers...

Posted on August 6, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

39 – Snowy Hydro Scheme – Pt 2 – Getting Land & Workers

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was underway.  Now they Authority had to acquire  the land across the Alps, and recruit a workforce, to survey, plan...

Posted on June 29, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

38 – Snowy Mountain Scheme Pt 1: Inception

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, took nearly 30 years to complete in the post war period, and was an astounding engineering feat.  It remains one...

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