The history of the Hume Weir @statelibraryvictoria
The history of the Hume Weir @statelibraryvictoria
Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Hume Weir (also known as the Hume Dam in the Murray Darling Basin) was the second largest dam in the world when it opened in 1936, and remains a key part of eastern Australia's water management infrastructure today.

In today's video we revisit this historic construction, and the people who built it, through imagery from the State Library and Albury City collections.

Learn more:

https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/stories/history-hume-weir
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The history of the Hume Weir

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