Corporate Body

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC) (1970 - 1989)

From
24 June 1970
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
To
19 June 1989
Functions
Civil Engineering and Consulting engineer
Reference No
CA 3568
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Cooma, New South Wales

Summary

The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC) was established by the Australian Government in 1970 to preserve and apply in Australia and overseas the technical and management skills that had been assembled for the massive Snowy Mountains Scheme involving hydropower, roads, bridges and infrastructure in southeastern Australia between 1949 and 1974.

The company was corporatised in 1989 and privatised by sale to the staff in 1993.

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Timeline

 1970 - 1989 Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC)
       1989 - 1993 Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited (SMEC)
             1993 - SMEC Holdings Limited

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Collis, Brad, Snowy: the making of modern Australia (Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990), 304 pp. Details
  • Neal, Laura Margaret, Snowy Mountains Story (Cooma: Cooma Municipal Council, 1979). Details

Journal Articles

  • Dann, H. E., 'Two Decades of Engineering - the Snowy Mountains Scheme', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 41 (3) (1969), 23-30. Details
  • Price, Douglas G., 'The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation: Ten years in international engineering consultancy', Australian Foreign Affairs Record, 52 (July) (1981), 354-357. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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