FACTOID # 6: Clipperton Island wins our prize for the most unusual looking country.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Tumut, New South Wales
Tumut
New South Wales

Tumut from the Rotary lookout
Population: 6300 (township), 11,347 (Shire)[1]
Postcode: 2720
Elevation: 305.0 m
Location: 423 km from Sydney
LGA: Tumut Shire
County: Wynyard
State District: Wagga Wagga
Federal Division: Farrer
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
21 °C
70 °F
6.6 °C
44 °F
907.2 mm
35.7 in

Tumut is a town and the centre of a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated within the Riverina part of New South Wales 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. “NSW” redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 2. ... Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Map of Local Government Areas in New South Wales Types of LGAs in New South Wales The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... Tumut Shire Council is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. ... Most of the Western and Central parts of Australia were never divided into counties;  No counties  Has been subdivided into counties Cadastral divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land... Location of Wynyard Map of Wynyard county from 1897 showing the parishes Wynyard County, New South Wales is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Farrer is an Australian Electoral Division, centred on the regional city of Albury, New South Wales. ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ... For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ... For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... This article is about the unit of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... The Riverina is a prosperous agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... Talbingo Dam The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a massive water diversion, storage and hydro-electric scheme, which takes water from the eastern slopes of the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) in eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales through pipes, tunnels and aqueducts into a series of...


Tumut is home to a number of historic buildings. The most notable building is the Anglican Church, designed by Edmund Blacket. Edmund Thomas Blacket (25 August 1817 – 9 February 1883) was an Australian architect. ...


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

Wynyard Street, Tumut
Wynyard Street, Tumut

Contents

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ...

Short-listed as the nation's capital

Being approximately 423 km south-west of Sydney and in fact, geographically at about equal distance from both Sydney and Melbourne, Tumut is notable for being one of the ten areas (including Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Dalgety, Lake George, Orange, Tooma, Lyndhurst and Yass-Canberra) shortlisted in 1908 as a site for the Australian Capital Territory [2]. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the Northern side of the Murray River. ... Armidale (population 28,000) is a university and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia, in Armidale Dumaresq Council. ... Bombala Typical Bombala street full of back-parked cars Bombala is a town and local government area in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. ... Dalgety, NSW, Australia is located on the Banks of the Snowy River between Melbourne and Sydney. ... Lake George from space, November 1985 The lake in August 2005 Lake George is a lake in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia and is about 30 minutes drive north-east of Canberra along the Federal Highway enroute to Sydney, state capital of New South Wales. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tooma is a village community in the eastern part of the Riverina and situated about 11 kilometres east from Tumbarumba and 34 kilometres south from Tumbarumba. ... Lyndhurst is a small village situated 4 kilometres west of Mandurama or about 269 km west of Sydney and 63 km south-west of Bathurst just of the Mid-Western Highway New South Wales. ... Yass is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006)  - Product ($m)  $19,167 (6th)  - Product per capita  $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  333,667 (7th)  - Density  137. ...


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. Adelong is a small town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia and is a part of the Tumut Shire. ... Frederick Walker can refer to different people: Frederick Walker (1820-1886), an explorer Frederick Mysterious Walker (1885-1958), a Major League Baseball pitcher Frederick Walker (1840-1875), a painter and illustrator Frederic John Walker (1896-1944), a British naval officer Frederic Walker (1829-1889), a cricketer Category: ...


References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2005 Est)
  2. ^ BBC Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia UPDATE
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Tumut, New South Wales

Coordinates: 35°18′17″S, 148°13′22″E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


External links

  • Tumut Shire Council
  • Walkabout - Tumut
  • SMH Travel Article about Tumut
  • Visy's Tumut Pulp & Paper Mill


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.