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- Oct 23, 197290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Tumut 3 Power Station Opens as Australia's First Pumped-Storage Plant
- Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck opened Tumut 3 near Talbingo on 23 October 1972, closing a switch to start No 1 generator before about 1,500 guests[3]
- It was the last Snowy Mountains Scheme project, cost $170 million, and the first pump storage scheme in the southern hemisphere[3]
- Commissioned 1973 with 6 turbines plus 3 pump-generators; 1,800 MW capacity (pumps 600 MW)[2]
- Talbingo Reservoir sits above, with Jounama Pondage below; owned by Snowy Hydro[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=2k1wkMwtoPsyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Oct 23, 1972 ✓· 33% of score
A contemporary Canberra Times report (as quoted by Tumut local history archives) states Tumut 3 Power Station opened on 23 October 1972; Wikipedia[2] corroborates the station entering service in the early 1970s.
- [2]80%Tumut Hydroelectric Power Station - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 33% of score
Describes Tumut 3 as Australia's first major pumped-storage power station, commissioned in the early 1970s at 1,800 MW capacity.[1]
- [3]75%Tumut 3 Power Station Opened 23 October 1972tumuthistory.homestead.com· Added Sep 22, 2026· Starts Oct 23, 1972· 33% of score
Local history archive quoting the contemporary Canberra Times report of the opening date.[1]
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