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Between 1949 and 2021, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Blowering Dam and plantation-based manufacturing changed Tumut from a rural service town into a major centre of hydro-electricity, forestry and heavy industry. The transformation brought construction work, engineering expertise, new roads and communities, but also left the district increasingly exposed to changes in water management, timber supply and bushfire risk.