40 years later, the Snowy Mountains Scheme is back in vogue

By Tony Wright, Associate Editor and Special Writer
Updated March 17 2017 - 4:13pm, first published 1:41pm
Prime Minister RG Menzies opens Guthega Power Station. Snowy River Scheme, Guthega, 23 April 1955

Photography by Ronald Leslie STEWART

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*PLEASE DO NOT USE BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF 'CENTURY OF PICTURES' PROJECT Photo: Ronald Leslie Stewart
Prime Minister RG Menzies opens Guthega Power Station. Snowy River Scheme, Guthega, 23 April 1955 Photography by Ronald Leslie STEWART Neg Ref: R/132/2/49-59 Scanned from medium format b&w negative cpsmh dvd *PLEASE DO NOT USE BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF 'CENTURY OF PICTURES' PROJECT Photo: Ronald Leslie Stewart

It is easy now, as thousands stream blithely each winter to the ski fields of the Snowy Mountains, to overlook the monumental events of last century on those heights that still affect our daily lives and our industries, and how, in the exploitation of the high country, Australia was transformed, economically and culturally.

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