Tumut

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 approximately 410 km south-west of Sydney and 525 km north-east of Melbourne.

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

History
Tumut (originally 'Dumot'), is claimed to be an Aboriginal name for "Resting Place by the River". Tumut Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.



Tumut was 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.

Industry
Tumut is the centre of a thriving softwood industry based on plantation Pinus radiata. CarterHoltHarvey Woodproducts (Central and Northern Regions) Pty Ltd operate a major sawmill on Adelong Road (the Snowy Mountains Highway) and a chipboard panel factory next door. Eight km further west on the Snowy Mountains Highway the company also operates a sawlog processing plant at Gilmore. The Visy pulp and paper mill is located north of the Snowy Mountains Highway at Gadara (between Tumut and Adelong. The Visy mill is the only paper mill owned by Visy that makes paper from wood (their other mills all use recycled paper as the raw material).