Assorted documents mainly relating to Snowy Hydro and Snowy Plains, 2004-2006

Containers:

Box 47 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 509

Content Summary:

Copies of "Snowy Hydro: Renewable energy: Jindabyne Dam upgrade project Snowy Hydro and the community: Newsletter" Issue 3, November, 2004.

Newspaper articles "Mopping up the great Snowy River tip" by James Woodford, Sydney Morning Herald Weekend Edition, and "Where there's smoke..." by Rosslyn Beeby, the Canberra Times.

"Australian Institute of Alpine Studies: Newsletter" Number 19, 2006.

Maps "Fire activity: 22 January 2003" and "Fire activity: 7 February 2003" by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Mainly shows area between Canberra and the Victoria-New South Wales border. Minor annotations on reverse of both maps.

"Report to the Minister for the Environment and Minister for Planning: Review of Snowy precipitation enhancement research project annual report (February 2005)" by the Natural Resources Commission, October 2005. Annotated.

Letters regarding the Snowy Plains area adjacent to the Kosciuszko National Park. Letters exchanged between Alec Costin and Tony Fleming, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Also includes one additional copy of letter from Alec Costin. Letter from Fleming is annotated.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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