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When did building
begin?

2010 1900 1919

1919
Construction of the Hume Dam Wall began in
1919 and took 17 years to be completed

When it was completed, The Hume Dam Wall

was one of the biggest in all of Australia!
Size
The length of the Hume Dam wall is 1,615
metres.

The height of the Hume dam Wall is 42

metres.

3,005,156ML
Recap!!
What is the height of the Hume Wall?

30
30 43
43 24
24
Metres
Metres Metres
Metres Daniels
Daniels

When was the Wall Completed?

1919
1919 1936
1936 1929
1929
Reason for it
Farms needed a reliable source of water.

The upper Murray needed a catchment to

make sure there was water throughout the
whole year
Who it was named after
Originally called the Mitta Mitta Dam Site

Later changed to honour Hamilton Hume in

1920
How it was made
Manual labour: 48 hours a week, later reduced
to 44 hours

1000 men working at any given time

Men used picks, shovels and bare hands to

load drays

Horses, steam trains and few motor vehicals

Recap 2
Click on an object the men used to build the wall

Trucks
Trucks IPads
IPads picks
picks
Camels
Camels

Hands
Hands Horses
Horses Mobile
Mobile
Phones
Phones Shovels
Shovels
Power
Power
Tools
Tools