Ep 41 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 4 - Working environments & safety: Australian History

<p>Today we turn our attention the workers' arrangements.  At the peak of construction, over 1959/60, there were 7300 people employed on the project.  So that’s a lot of people to keep fed & watered, and entertained.  </p> <p>But it was hard and sometimes dangerous work, so we consider some of the human costs on the project too.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">(56 mins)</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Brilliant stories from Australia’s past!  <a href='http://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au'>www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> Enjoying the podcast?  </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Help support the show with </p> <p style="text-align:center;">a <a href='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4FGUHW9Y6ST2Y&source=url'>one-off donation</a> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p>