Tumut, New South Wales

Tumut, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Tumut
state = nsw



caption = Tumut from the Rotary lookout
lga = Tumut Shire
postcode = 2720
pop = formatnum:5925
pop_footnotes = census 2006 AUS|id=UCL176400|name=Tumut (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2008-03-31|quick=on]
est =
elevation= 305.0
maxtemp = 21
mintemp = 6.6
rainfall = 907.2
county = Wynyard
fedgov =Eden-Monaro
stategov =Wagga Wagga
dist1 = 411
location1= Sydney
dir1 = SW
dist2 = 525
location2= Melbourne
dir2 = NE
dist3 = 81
location3= Canberra
dir3 = W

Tumut is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River. Tumut is at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is referred to as the gateway to the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Tumut Shire Council is administered from offices located in Tumut.

Tumut is home to a number of historic buildings. The most notable building is the Anglican Church, designed by Edmund Blacket.

Tumut (originally 'Dumot'), is claimed to be an Aboriginal name for "Resting Place by the River".

Tumut is approximately 411 km south-west of Sydney and 525 km north-east of Melbourne. [cite web
url=http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Sydney,+NSW&daddr=tumut&mra=cc&sll=-34.58206,149.652555&sspn=2.464742,6.020508&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.606085,149.661255&spn=2.464072,6.020508&z=8
title=Sydney-Tumut
accessdate=2008-03-31
work=Google Maps
year=2008
] [cite web
url=http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=melbourne&daddr=tumut&mra=cc&sll=-36.496485,146.55623&sspn=4.812715,12.041016&ie=UTF8&z=7
title=Melbourne-Tumut
accessdate=2008-03-31
work=Google Maps
year=2008
] Tumut is notable for being one of the ten areas short-listed in 1908 as a site for the Australian Capital Territory. Other locations that were short-listed include Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Dalgety, Lake George, Orange, Tooma, Lyndhurst and Yass-Canberra. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2787564 BBC Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia UPDATE] ]

Industry

Tumut is home to a number of timber mills along the Tumut to Adelong Road. The Visy pulp and paper mill is located near to the site of the original Court House from which sometime explorer Frederick Walker (1820-1886) set out on his policing expeditions in Northern NSW and Queensland in the 1850s.

References

External links

* [http://www.tumut.nsw.gov.au/ Tumut Shire Council]
* [http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWTumut.shtml Walkabout - Tumut]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Tumut/2005/02/17/1108500199641.html SMH Travel Article about Tumut]
* [http://www.visy.com.au/pulpandpaper/?id=275 Visy's Tumut Pulp & Paper Mill]


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