Thiess company and family photographs [picture] / Thiess Pty Ltd
- Bib ID:
- 4667155
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1929-1973
- ca. 1200 photographs : b&w ; 25.8 x 20.5 cm., or smaller.
- Summary:
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Celebrating their 75th anniversary in 2009. Thiess is a leading mining, construction and services contractor. "In 1958, Thiess was the first Australian company to secure a major contract on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. The company went on to become the largest single contractor on the scheme, completing a quarter of the total building works. Known as one of the seven civil engineering wonders of the world, the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began in 1949. "--Information from acquisitions documentation. In 1966 Thiess Holdings acquired three cattle properties in the Kimberley area, totalling around one and a half million acres, at Mt Hart, Ellendale and Silent Grove.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisitions documentation.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151770988
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Thiess Pty Ltd., 2009.
- Subject:
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- Thiess family -- Photographs
- Thiess (Firm) -- Photographs
- Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme -- Photographs
- Mines and mineral resources -- Queensland -- Photographs
- Natural gas pipelines -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Construction industry -- Australia -- History -- Photographs
- Ranches -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Photographs
- Business enterprises -- Australia -- Photographs
- Snowy Mountains (N.S.W.) -- Photographs
- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Photographs
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- Photograph
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