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Tumbarumba ( ) is a town in
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, Australia, about southwest of the state capital,
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. Tumbarumba is located in the
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region at the western edge of the
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. The showed the population of the town and surrounding area to be 1,862 people. Locals refer to the town as 'Tumba'. To the south and east, the highest peak of the Snowy Mountains and mainland Australia—
Mount Kosciuszko Mount Kosciuszko ( ; ; Ngarigo: ) is the highest mountain of the mainland Australia, at above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and ...
—can be seen.


History

The Aboriginal history of the region is contentious. According to the map developed by Tindale, the area that is now Tumbarumba lay at the boundary of the lands of the
Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...
and Walgalu peoples. Since the Wiradjuri word for the 'Walgalu' was Guramal, meaning 'hostile men', presumably there was little in common between these peoples, who spoke different languages. The Walgulu spoke the same
Ngarigo language Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Indigenous Australian languages, Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales. Yaithmathang (Jaitmathang), also known as Gundungerre, ...
as the more easterly Ngarigo people of the Monaro region, and in more recent times these groups have been considered by some to be just one people, the Ngarigo, whose lands included Tumbarumba. There are different views on the origin on the word 'tumbarumba' and whether it derives from the Wirajuri or Ngarigo language. Tumbarumba and surrounds now lie within the Brungle/Tumut Aboriginal Land Council Area. The settler community was established in the late 1850s after gold was discovered in the district. The Post Office opened on 1 August 1860 but was spelt Tumberumba until 1915. A railway branch line was opened to Tumbarumba in 1921. The Tumbarumba railway line ran from Wagga Wagga through Tarcutta. The service ceased in September 1974 and the line has since been officially closed. The 21 km final section of the line between
Rosewood Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus '' Dalbergia'', but other woods are often ca ...
and Tumbarumba opened as the first
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in NSW in April 2020. Gold mining petered out in the 1930s, and the region's economy now depends on agriculture and tourism. The timber industry dominates the Shire's economy. The name ''Tumbarumba'' may be derived from the sound of thunder. or alternatively from the Aboriginal words for "hollow sounding ground", "thunder", "sound" or "place of big trees".


Industry

The major industry in the town is softwood timber processing, with the Hyne and Sons Timber Mill to the west of the town being the biggest employer. Other industries include tourism,
viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...
(Tumbarumba is in the Tumbarumba wine region), and
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growing. Tourism is a source of income due to its proximity to the snow fields.


Climate

Tumbarumba has a temperate
oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...
(''Cfb''), with a great seasonal range in maximum temperatures and a pronounced winter rainfall peak. Frosts are frequent throughout much of the year. Snow is fairly common, generally falling on about two days per annum, though is usually light due to the town's valley location. The lowest recorded maximum temperature was on 15 July 1966, and the lowest minimum was on 13 July 1970. The town gets 109.2 clear days annually, with the grand majority in summer and early autumn. The winters tend to be quite cloudy. Rainfall records commenced at Tumbarumba Post Office in 1885, however temperature records (both averages and extremes) didn't commence until 1965. Another site approximately to the north-west of Tumbarumba operated from 1938 to 1997, at the Carabost Forest Headquarters. There is a remarkable warming trend to be observed between the two sites; particularly in the winter months, where Tumbarumba Post Office averages in July maxima, compared to just at Carabost. A reduction in winter rainfall, but increase in summer rainfall, is noted. It too should be noted that Carabost was of a somewhat lower altitude than Tumbarumba Post Office: a deficit of .


Sport

The Tumbarumba Greens field
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teams in the Murray Cup competition. The club is notable for having a full team of Goldspinks playing in the 1960s. The club formerly competed in the Group 13 Rugby League and Group 9 Rugby League competitions before joining their current league. The Tumbarumba Kangaroos
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club, founded in 1969, competes in the Victorian-based
Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football Netball League (UMFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the rural Victoria (Australia), Victorian town of Corryong, Victoria, Corryong. The UMFNL contains four clubs from around the towns ...
.


Cultural references

*In November 1963, New Zealander Johnny Devlin (with
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on backing vocals) released the single "Stomp The Tumbarumba", a song covered later by, among others, the Australian rock band
Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). Th ...
(see " Come Anytime" and " 1000 Miles Away"). ''Tumbarumba'' in the song's title may or may not have something to do with the name of the town. *Tumbarumba is one of the very few Australian placenames mentioned in
James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
's prose-poem
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. 'Tumbarumba mountain' is listed as one of the places of origin of HCE (Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker), one of the central characters of the Wak
(FW 596.11)
*
Shirley Abicair Shirley Abicair (born 26 October 1930) is an Australian-born singer, musician, television personality, actress and author. In the 1950s and 60s, she was probably best known as an exponent of the zither. Early life Shirley Abicair was born in M ...
, the UK based Australian singer, made the town of Tumbarumba's name familiar to many British children with the publication of her book "Tales of Tumbarumba" in 1962. *''Tumbarumba'' is another word for a
tmesis In its strictest sense, tmesis (; plural tmeses ; Ancient Greek: ''tmēsis'' "a cutting" < ''temnō'', "I cut") is the dividing of a word into two parts, with another word inserted between those parts, thus forming a
, a linguistic term which refers to the placing of a word within another word, such as "ri-''goddamn''-diculous". The origin of this meaning may come from the poem "Tumba-bloody-rumba" by John O'Grady, which includes several tmeses including "Tumba-''bloody''-rumba", "e-''bloody''-nough", and "kanga-''bloody''-roos".


Notable people

* Jack Blomley - Rugby union Wallabies player * Jack Loes - Australian rules footballer *
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- scientist


Gallery

File:Tumbarumba aerial.jpg, Aerial view from the southeast File:Tumbarumba District Roll of Honour.jpg, Tumbarumba District Roll of Honour File:Tumbarumba Memorial Hall.jpg, Tumbarumba Memorial Hall File:TumbarumbaPostOffice.JPG, Post office File:TumbarumbaCourtHouse.JPG, Court house


See also

* Mannus Correctional Centre


References


External links


Tumbarumba Shire Council



Discussion on ''Lost Poetry'' web site of authorship of the poem ''Tumba-bloody-rumba''

Tumbarumba Railway Station

Tumbafest website

Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail
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