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The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was underway.\xa0 Now they Authority had to acquire\xa0 the land across the Alps, and recruit a workforce, to survey, plan and construct the many parts of the project; not an easy thing to do in booming post war Australia.\xa0 \nPart 2 gives an overview of the recruitment of workers, the majority coming from various worker schemes and displaced persons camps in Europe.\xa0 And we learn about the arrangements for compensating and moving the existing landholders to make way for the Snowy Scheme.\n(47 mins)\nBrilliant stories from Australia\u2019s past! \xa0www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au\n\xa0Enjoying the podcast?\xa0 \nHelp support the show with \na one-off donation