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The Alpine Way, which crosses this mountain range, crosses the Swampy Plain River. A short-lived 1860 gold rush in this mountain range's town of Kiandra established a foundation for its present-day ski resorts of Thredbo and Perisher. A regional council named for this range and Monaro is home to the ski town of Jindabyne near the Charlotte Pass. Paweł Strzelecki (“streh-LEH-skee") named the peak of this range, the tallest in its country, (15[1])for its resemblance to a man-made mound in (*) Krakow. Mount Kosciuszko is in this part (-5[1])of the Great Dividing Range, where William Hudson engineered a system to deliver power to cities like Sydney and Melbourne. For 10 points, (-5[1])a namesake hydroelectric “scheme” is located in what range in southeast Australia named for its propensity for precipitation? (0[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Snowy Mountains [or Snowies; accept Snowy Mountains Scheme; prompt on Great Dividing Range before read; prompt on Australian Alps]
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Jonathan LauCleo: 5/7 movieWorld's Fair Wiggle Walk7015
Conor ThompsonTunks et al.The Present King of James is Bald85-5
Jason ChengFree-ish AgentsHouston Junior College108-5
Dwight SolanoHouston Junior CollegeFree-ish Agents1260
Michael KearneyThe Present King of James is BaldTunks et al.12710

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