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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 named the peak of this range, (-5[2])the tallest in its country, for its resemblance to a man-made mound in (*) Krakow. Mount Kosciuszko is in this part of the Great Dividing Range, where William Hudson engineered a system to deliver power to cities like Sydney and Melbourne. For 10 points, a namesake hydroelectric “scheme” is located in what range in southeast Australia is named for its propensity for precipitation? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Snowy Mountains [or Snowies; accept Snowy Mountains Scheme; accept the Man From Snowy River; prompt on Great Dividing Range before read]
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