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Snowy, The - A Dream of Growing Up - Out Takes

Documents Australia's largest construction project.
Year : 1989 | Total Duration : 60 Minutes |
Director : Stephen Ramsey |
Tape 1 - Roy Robinson talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project, including his recruiting a labour force from post war Germany.
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Access No. 97743 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 1 - Stephanie Stajkoff talking about her life with her husband when he worked on the Snowy River Project. She talks about the local people's reaction to the immigrants and the differences in food and clothing.
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Access No. 97744 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 2 - Stephanie Stajkoff talking about her life with her husband when he worked on the Snowy River Project. She talks about the local people's reaction to the immigrants and the differences in food and clothing.
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Access No. 97745 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 3 - Ivor Pinkerton talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97746 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 4 - Ivor Pinkerton talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97747 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 5 - Urik O'Boyle talking about his time working as a first aid officer on the Snowy River Project. He also discusses about the social mixing of the various ethnic groups, the heavy gambling and the arrival of prostitutes.
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Access No. 97749 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 6 - Luciani Notte, Franco Molinari and another man talking about their time working on the Snowy River Project. They discuss the different work practices of the immigrants and the local workers and the difference in their clothes.
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Access No. 97750 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 7 - Luciani Notte, Franco Molinari and another man talking about their time working on the Snowy River Project. They discuss the different work practices of the immigrants and the local workers and the difference in their cloths.
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Access No. 97751 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 9 - Jean Hegewald talking about her life while her husband was working on the Snowy River Project. She talks about the snobbery between the levels of workers, the primitive living conditions when they were first employed and the arrival of prostitutes in town.
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Access No. 97753 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 9 - Frank Rodwell talking about his life while he was employed on the Snowy River Project. He talks about the conditions when the worker camps were first set up, comparing them to the military services. He also talks about the camp reactions when prostitutes came into town.
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Access No. 97754 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 10 - Herbert Schmidtke talking about his time employed on the Snowy River Project. He talks about his first impressions when arriving in Cooma and an explosion accident during the construction of one of the tunnels.
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Access No. 97755 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 11- Herbert Schmidtke talking about his time employed on the Snowy River Project. He talks about his first impressions when arriving in Cooma and an explosion accident during the construction of one of the tunnels.
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Access No. 97757 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 12 - Pat O'Dea, policeman in Cooma during the building of the Snowy River Project. He talks about the accidents and having to chase prostitutes away from the camp. He also expresses the view that he was lucky to have been there during construction.
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Access No. 97758 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 12 - Ian Mould remembering when the Snowy River Project started. He was in High School and talks about the changes brought about in Cooma by the influx of immigrants.
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Access No. 97759 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 13 - Rod Bridges talking about growing up in Cooma when the immigrants started to arrive to work on the Snowy River Project and the reactions of the local people.
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Access No. 97760 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 1 4- Rod Bridges talking about growing up in Cooma when the immigrants started to arrive to work on the Snowy River Project and the reactions of the local people.
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Access No. 97761 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 14 - Nita Stewart talking about the flooding of old Adaminaby as part of the construction of the Snowy River Project. She talks about the changes in attitudes when people moved to the new town and the destruction of the social life for the older people.
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Access No. 97762 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 14 - Leigh Stewart talking about the flooding of old Adaminaby as part of the construction of the Snowy River Project. He talks about the effects on his father, who owned the local store, and his own view of looking to the future, not the past.
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Access No. 97763 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 15 - Leigh Stewart talking about the flooding of old Adaminaby as part of the construction of the Snowy River Project. He talks about the effects on his father, who owned the local store, and his own view of looking to the future, not the past.
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Access No. 97764 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 15 - Nita Stewart talking about the flooding of old Adaminaby as part of the construction of the Snowy River Project. She talks about the changes in attitudes when people moved to the new town and the destruction of the social life for the older people.
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Access No. 97765 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 16 - Leo Stewart talking about the flooding of old Adaminaby as part of the construction of the Snowy River Project. He was a local store owner and talks about the difference in his life since moving to new Adaminaby.
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Access No. 97766 | 60 mins | 1980s | Adaminaby, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 16 - Street scenes Adaminaby, NSW. Houses. Wild weather on Adaminaby dam. Waves washing muddy shore and crashing against dead tree trunk. People walking along under shopping centre awning. Church. General Store, VS houses
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Access No. 97767 | 60 mins | 1980s | Adaminaby, NSW, Australia. | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 17 - Col Purcill talking about his time employed on the Snowy River Project. He speaks about the competition between various tunnel building gangs, the birth of multiculturalism in Australia and the enormous befits he gained from his experiences.
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Access No. 97769 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 17 - Wild weather and waves lapping shore of Adaminaby dam. Good WS of lake with bare brown foreshores, choppy water. Dead trees partly submerged. Good WS of township and houses
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Access No. 97770 | 60 mins | 1980s | Adaminaby, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 18 - Col Purcill talking about his time employed on the Snowy River Project. He speaks about the competition between various tunnel building gangs, the birth of multiculturalism in Australia and the enormous befits he gained from his experiences. Interview with Eva and Kaare Eva Grunnsund
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Access No. 97771 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 18 - Medal awarded to Col Purcil for ÒSnowy Mountains Project - Record - achieved in 6 days for accident free tunnellingÓ. Looking down canal of dam then power station, pipes and pumping station. Good WS of valley with mountains and river on valley floor.
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Access No. 97772 | 60 mins | 1980s | Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 19 - Eva Grunnsund and he husband talking about their life while the husband worked on the Snowy River Project. Eva talks about the lack of variety in Australian food.
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Access No. 97773 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 20 - Tom Barry to camera about the Snowy River Project. Boyd Mould interview.
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Access No. 97774 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 20 - Jindabyne, NSW buildings. Nuggets Crossing Shopping Centre, cars coming and going from carpark. Courtyard of shopping centre, people eating outdoors at tables. Shopping and restaurant complex at Jindabyne. Zoom in on sign above ski hire shop - Snowy Mountains Sports. Pan from lake to town perched on shore.
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Access No. 97775 | 60 mins | 1980s | Jindabyne, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 21 - Boyd Mould talking about the reactions of the local people of Cooma to the influx of migrants for the Snowy River Project. Pan down flag pole to sign Yugoslavia. LS of line of international flags on tall flag poles in main street of Cooma. LS of roundabout in Cooma and VS of restaurants in main street showing influence of European migrant community and cuisine
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Access No. 97776 | 60 mins | 1980s | Cooma, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 22 - Ken White talking about working on the Snowy River Project. He tells of the problems of working in the tunnels and the strange atmosphere. He talks about the lack of social outlet in the region and the money spent on gambling and prostitutes.
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Access No. 97777 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 23 - Karl Pahl talking about the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97778 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 24 - Karl Pahl talking about the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97779 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 24 - Willie ÒThe WhipÓ Viesis. Talking about his role when working on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97780 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 25 - Willie ÒThe WhipÓ Viesis. Talking about his role when working on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97781 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 25 - Charlie Oliver talking about working with the American construction company on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97782 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 26 - Charlie Oliver talking about working with the American construction company on the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97783 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 26 - Jack Robertson talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project and the corruption of both management and staff on the project.
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Access No. 97784 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 27 - Jack Robertson talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project and the corruption of both management and staff on the project.
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Access No. 97785 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 28 - Jack Robertson talking about his time working on the Snowy River Project and the corruption of both management and staff on the project.
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Access No. 97786 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 28 - Constantine Dumitrascu talking about the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97787 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 29 - Constantine Dumitrascu talking about the Snowy River Project.
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Access No. 97788 | 60 mins | 1980s | © NFSA | Colour |
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