(FULL VERSION) Snowy: Stories from former workers and families of the Snowy Mountains Scheme
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2018
- This is the full version of, "Snowy: Stories from former workers and families of the Snowy Mountains Scheme" digital storytelling project. A collection of 10 personal stories of former Snowy Scheme workers and their families. It was made in partnership with Snowy Hydro, Woden Community Service, Gen S Stories, PhotoAccess and the National Archives of Australia.
Thank you all for bringing these stories to life. The people and the scheme are an absolute asset to Australia.
Thanks, it was great to watch these stories. The footage brought back many memories for me since I was a Snowy kid, born in Cooma and living initially at Adaminaby and then Cabramurra. Dad and Mum were Aussies and we enjoyed meeting people from different nations. We moved to Sydney in 1966, but the Snowy is still a special place for me and I go back to bushwalk and ski.
My dad & his brothers also worked on the Snowy Scheme .
My brother was born in Cooma hospital in 1962 .
There last name is Currey .
Keith , David & Bobby Currey .
All concreters. So much history.
I was born in Cooma 1957 and I believe my dad worked about 2 years there. He never spoke of what he did there, I just knew it was construction. Thanks to google, I found info about the Snowy project, I’m sure this is what he worked on. He passed 2011. His last name was Houston, does anyone remember that name, from North Carolina, USA?
I was born in Cooma Hospital in 1958. My father, Alexander Robert Martin, known as Bob, worked on The Snowy Mountain Scheme as an Electrical Engineer, as a supervisor. He passed away from a heart attack in 1959, I was only 9 months old. We moved to my mother's home town in Western Australia, not long after his passing. The workers organized a collection to give to my mother upon us leaving.
@@darrelletownsend9602, so very sorry to hear! My mom spoke of the kind neighbors she had met. She also said she stayed in the hospital for 7 days while she had me…that was the norm. 😄
My Father worked on this..he was a Hungarian refugee....great video..thanks
Love this! A whole generation of kids today have unfortunately no idea of the sacrifice of so many to help my this country what it is today.
We need to have far sighted project in this day and age. It is amazing what the peole have accomplished . Al have looked back in pride and happiness and finally have made Australia their home. Despite the harsh condition, especially in winter, there seem to live in harmony, trust and long lasting friendsip.
I lived in Jindabyne 1950 to 1956 we came from Germany as displaced persons, my mum was from Ukraine captured by the Germans 1942 sent to Germany as slave labour my dad from Poland
I was born in Koblenz 1945 good to see this upload I can relate to this very well. all so sad when I think about the hardship these migrants had to endure including my family.
Ukraine is under attack once more I am glad my mum did not witness this current terror she passed away in 2018 dad 1995 would like to hear from anyone who lived in Jindabyne and attended the public school or knows someone who was there at the time
Great video. Thank you..
my father was an engineer in that. i went to school in jindabyne and cooma
I went to the Jindabyne Public school between 1950 and 1956 we were refugees from Germany
Time to pay back the electricity bill
Music with this video would be great and could I suggest The Settlers, Songs of the Snowy Mountains.
Dear sir, May 2020.
I'm an 84 yo Australian man. It does NOT need music. The young generation persist in having back ground music which is usually too loud.
We do not need music.
Juan.
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my nan was a blewitt from there my family was second family there in 1800s
I remember a Blewitt lady who served in a hardware store in Jindabyne where I lived between 1950 and 1949
Lumduan Hill talks about defending Cabramurra from the 2003 bushfire. Sadly the 2020 bushfire was too big and two thirds of the town was destroyed, including Lum and Bill’s home.
Our kids should be watching this in school and not the crap they repeatedly serve up about stolen people.
Thank Goodness for the Migrants that built and Australia is every one benefit from.And it was hard Yakka .And they made Australia there home .
My late ex husband worked on this scheme. He as originally from Romania and came to Australia through the resettlement scheme. He had run away from Romania at age 12 and ended up in Germany. His war time experience was pretty horrific, and not unusual for a lot of people caught up in the war in those days. He used to ride on horseback to assist the surveyors when the Snowy Mountains scheme was in its early days. He became a tunneler and worked at that for almost all of his life afterwards.
@@user-hp8lc7lw9l I hope life is treating you well, and that you and your loved ones are safe from Covid-19. Stay well!
Was the Snowy Mountains Scheme worth the cost?
History will give only one answer: Yes, it was.
Winston Churchill sums it up succinctly:
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
Millions of Australians benefited so much from this scheme, yet there are a few left wing minorities who complain about the 'damage' that was done, that the cost of this scheme far outweighed any benefits.
Millions of Australians do not agree with these earlier versions of 'greenies'.
If they did, they would have switched their electrical power switches to the OFF position.
None did. Not even one.
And what is so ironic is that NEITHER did these 'greenies'.
This reminds me about Winston Churchill during a speech in parliament, a lady heckler screamed out to him and said " if you were my husband I would give you poison to drink" Winston replied instantly and said " if I were your husband I would drink it !!
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very good :)
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sipping tea with cucumber sandwiches
isn't THAT the norm?
make a fuss, light the fuse, then stand back