Acacia Rose was born in the Snowy Mountains during the construction phase of the Snowy Hydro Scheme, an engineering and population initiative that ultimately changed the cultural face and industrial & economic landscape of Australia. Her family then lived in Canberra, returning each summer to the Snowy Mountains to enjoy its magnificent landscapes and spectacular alpine flora, the natural beauty of the mountains and its seasons deeply imprinting on Acacia’s visual and emotional memory and ultimately drawing her back to the Snowy Mountains to live and write. The Snowy River continues to inspire and underpin Acacia’s writings and in her imagination the full and unfettered flow of the Snowy, mirrors the creative and spiritual health of Australians.
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