b'1954A big start in damsThe construction of Bostock Dam in Victoria and Gara River Dam in New South Wales marks the beginning ofthe companys substantial involvement in dam work throughout Australasiaand the near Pacific.Uranium, way outback, QueenslandThiess had arrived in north-western Queensland in fairly typical fashion: by dozing in a track from Cloncurry for their equipment. Press headlines celebrated Australias new place in the atomic age at Mary K (Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine), with the know-how of the old world and energy of the new.25'