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In 1949, Australia began building the Snowy Mountains Scheme to redirect alpine rivers; 25 years later, it had 16 dams and 145 km of tunnels

Picture this: it's 1949, and Australia can't keep the lights on. Factories are stalling. Homes are rationing electricity. The country just fought a world war and needs to modernize fast. So the ...
The Daily Telegraph

1949 coal strike left public out in the cold

It was the same 70 years ago today when Australia’s coal miners went on strike. On June 26, 1949, miners met with the heads of the Joint Coal Board to see if they could negotiate some way of avoiding ...
Indiatimes

Australia spent 25 years turning a river inland. The result became the country's biggest engineering project

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the ...