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Adaminaby
Adaminaby is a small town near the Snowy Mountains north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The historic town, of 301 people at the , is a trout fishing centre and winter sports destination situated at above sea level. Economic life is built around tourism and agriculture–the town serves as a service point for Selwyn Snowfields and the Skiing in New South Wales, Northern Skifields. It is also a popular destination for horse riders, bushwalkers, fly-fishermen and water sports enthusiasts as well as a base for viewing aspects of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Adaminaby is one of the highest towns in Australia, with regular snowfalls that are quite often heavy during winter. The historic Bolaro Station and scenic Yaouk Valley are located near the township and Charlie McKeahnie, said to be the inspiration for The Man from Snowy River (poem), ''The Man From Snowy River'', a poem by Banjo Paterson, lived and died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Adaminaby And Lake Eucumbene
Old Adaminaby and Lake Eucumbene are the Heritage register, heritage-listed former town of Adaminaby and the reservoir that flooded the town, now at Eucumbene Dam, Eucumbene, Snowy Valleys Council, New South Wales, Australia. The town was established in 1830. The reservoir was designed by the Snowy Hydro, Snowy Hydro Electric Authority and built from 1956 to 1958 by the Authority. It is also known as Old Adaminaby and Lake Eucumbene, including relics and movable objects, Eucumbene River, Eucumbene Valley, Old Adaminaby Remains, Old Adaminaby Ruins and Old Adaminaby Drowned Landscape. The property is owned by Snowy Hydro, Snowy Hydro Limited, a statutory corporation owned by the governments of Australian Government, Australia, New South Wales Government, New South Wales and Government of Victoria, Victoria. The site was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 3 June 2008. History Indigenous history The Ngarigo people occupied the country from Canberra south to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Adaminaby
Adaminaby is a small town near the Snowy Mountains north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The historic town, of 301 people at the , is a trout fishing centre and winter sports destination situated at above sea level. Economic life is built around tourism and agriculture–the town serves as a service point for Selwyn Snowfields and the Northern Skifields. It is also a popular destination for horse riders, bushwalkers, fly-fishermen and water sports enthusiasts as well as a base for viewing aspects of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Adaminaby is one of the highest towns in Australia, with regular snowfalls that are quite often heavy during winter. The historic Bolaro Station and scenic Yaouk Valley are located near the township and Charlie McKeahnie, said to be the inspiration for ''The Man From Snowy River'', a poem by Banjo Paterson, lived and died in the district. Later, Nobel winning author Patrick White wrote about the town. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Eucumbene
Eucumbene Dam is a major gated embankment dam, earthfill embankment dam with an Spillway#Types, overflow ski-jump and bucket spillway with two vertical lift gates across the Eucumbene River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydroelectricity, hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro. The impounded reservoir (water), reservoir is called Lake Eucumbene, the largest storage lake in the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Location and features Commenced in May 1956 and completed in May 1958, Eucumbene Dam is a major dam, located approximately northeast of the locality of Eucumbene Cove. The dam was constructed by a consortium comprising the NSW Public Works, Department of Public Works and Kaiser-Walsh-Perini-Raymond based on engineering plans develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Mountains Scheme
The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia, irrigation complex in south-east Australia. Near the border of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria, the scheme consists of sixteen major dams; nine power stations; two pumping stations; and of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts that were constructed between 1949 and 1974. The Scheme was completed under the supervision of Chief Engineer, William Hudson (engineer), Sir William Hudson. It is the largest engineering project undertaken in Australia. The water of the Snowy River and some of its tributary, tributaries, much of which formerly flowed southeast onto the river flats of East Gippsland, and into Bass Strait of the Tasman Sea, is captured at high elevations and diverted inland to the Murray River, Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers irrigation areas. The Scheme includes two major tunnel systems constructed through the continental divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Trout
The Big Trout is a 10-metre-high fibreglass model in Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia, a popular fishing spot for trout. Built in 1973 by local artist and fisherman, Andy Lomnici, the Big Trout is part of more than 1075 Big Things located throughout Australia. Originally conceived by Leigh Stewart, the Snowy Mountains Authority assisted with funding, and work on the trout started in 1971. Construction Andy Lomnici used a frozen trout as a guide, and built the final work in fibreglass over mesh and a steel frame. The completed Big Trout stands at and weighs . The scales were produced by covering the work in mesh, adding a final layer of fiberglass, and then removing the mesh before it set. In 2007, the trout was repainted and restored and in 2012 the work was refurbished to celebrate the centenary A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century. Notable events Notable centennial events at a national or world-le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Mountains Highway
Snowy Mountains Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales, Australia. Its two sections connect the New South Wales South Coast to the Monaro region, and the Monaro to the South Western Slopes via the Snowy Mountains. The higher altitude regions of this road are subject to snow over the winter months, and the road also provides access to many parts of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The highway bears the B72 shield along its entire length. The highway originally bore the name Monaro Highway until 1955, when it received its current name. It originally ran from to Wagga Wagga but has been shortened to run from Princes Highway to Hume Highway instead. Reservoirs created as a result of dams built in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme required the creation of major realignments to avoid submerged areas. Previous to New South Wales' conversion to alphanumeric route markers, it was signed as National Route 18. Route description The eastern start p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn Snowfields
Selwyn Snow Resort, formerly known as Selwyn Snowfields, is a ski resort located in the most northern part of the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council and Kosciuszko National Park. Selwyn Snow Resort is located near the town of Adaminaby and is close to Cabramurra, which is the highest town in Australia. Selwyn is owned by Blyton Group, which also owns Charlotte Pass Snow Resort. It reopened on the 10th of June 2023. Selwyn Snow Resort announced in November 2024, the appointment of their new General Manager, Abigail Spackman, who grew up skiing at Selwyn Snow Resort. History Selwyn Snow Resort traces its origins to the skifields at nearby Kiandra, where skiing began in Australia around 1861. The more reliable snow cover at Selwyn saw the establishment of a portable rope tow on what is now the Township Run in 1966. The remaining ski facilities at Kiandra were finally transferred to Selwyn in 1978 (including Australia's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Scheme Museum
The Snowy Scheme Museum is a museum in the Snowy Mountains town of Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia. It houses exhibitions relating to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. Overview The Museum tells the story of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme and what life was like on the Scheme. The collection consists of significant examples of the machines and materials used to build the Scheme. Films, photographic murals and artistic panoramas are also exhibited. The museum concentrates on the stories of the Snowy workers and their impact on Australia, especially on modern Australia's migration program. The museum collection was gathered by enthusiasts over a ten-year period and the Museum was officially opened to the public by Governor General Quentin Bryce on 17 October 2011. Governor General Bryce told those in attendance: "It is bringing this powerful component of Australia's history into a museum, for people to come and learn the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy Monaro Regional Council
The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a forced merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River shires. The council comprises an area of and occupies the higher slopes of the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range between the Australian Capital Territory to the north and the state boundary with Victoria to the south. At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of . Its population at the was 21,666. The Mayor of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council is Chris Hanna since 21 September 2023. Towns and localities The following towns are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council: The following localities are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council: Heritage listings The Snowy Monaro Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Bombala, Goulburn-Bombala railway: Bombala rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannons Flat
Shannons Flat is a locality in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, sandwiched between the southern border of the Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory and the Murrumbidgee River. Shannons Flat also adjoins the NSW localities of Yaouk, Bolaro, Murrumbucca, Bredbo and Billilingra. It is about south west of the state capital, Sydney, and from the Australian national capital of Canberra. It is just over north west of the regional centre, Cooma. At the , Shannons Flat had a population of 78. Geography Shannons Flat is in the Monaro region of the Snowy Mountains and is mostly between above sea-level, so usually receives several snowfalls every year. Significant geographic features include Mt Roberts ( with sweeping views across the Monaro), and Alum Creek and Jones Creek which both flow southward into the Murrumbidgee River. The geology of the area includes a rock called S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Snowy River (poem)
"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 26 April 1890, and was published by Angus & Robertson in October 1895, with other poems by Paterson, in ''The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses''. The poem tells the story of a horseback pursuit to recapture the colt of a prizewinning racehorse that escaped from its paddock and is living with the brumby, brumbies (wild horses) of the mountain ranges. Eventually the brumbies descend a seemingly impassable steep slope, at which point the assembled riders give up the pursuit, except the young protagonist, who spurs his "pony" (small horse) down the "terrible descent" and catches the mob. Two characters mentioned in the early part of the poem are featured in previous Paterson poems: "Clancy of the Overflow" and Harrison from "Old Pardon, Son of Reprieve". Setting of the poem It is recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie McKeahnie
Charles Lachlan "Charlie Mac" McKeahnie (29 April 1868 – 3 August 1895) was an Australian horseman born in Gudgenby, ACT to Alexander and Mary McKeahnie into a family of five sisters. He is believed by some historians to be the inspiration for the poem " The Man from Snowy River" by Banjo Paterson. McKeahnie was reputed to have been a fearless rider and stockman. He was known to have chased a well-bred horse through the very rugged country between Yaouk and the headwaters of the Snowy River north west of Adaminaby at the age of 17. This chase was documented in a poem by poet and friend of the McKeahnie family, Barcroft Boake called "On the Range" in which the horse being chased died when it ran into a granite outcrop. According to a letter by one of McKeahnie's sisters Lem McKeahnie, Banjo Paterson learnt of the tale in Sydney while in the presence of a friend of McKeahnie's, Mrs Jim Hassall. At the time Paterson wrote the poem, the Eucumbene River had been known as the Sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
