b'1958The SnowyMountains SchemeThrough its award of the Tooma Dam and Tooma-Tumut Tunnel projects, Thiess Bros becomes the first Australian company to be awarded a major contract as part the gargantuan nation-building project.1959Thiess-ToyotaLes Thiess is so impressed by the performance of the Toyota LandCruisers he brought to Australia for the companys Snowy contracts, he secures the Australian franchise. This marks the companys first commercial partnership.A surveyor in the uncharted wilderness of Australias alpine region for the Snowy Scheme, late 1950s.33'