Tumut is a town in the Riverina region of New
South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of
the Tumut River. Tumut sits on the north-west
foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is referred
to as the gateway to the Snowy Mountains
Scheme.
Tumut is the centre of a thriving softwood
industry based on plantation Pinus radiata.
The Tumut River, which runs for 145 km before
joining the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai,
flows through the valley. Fertile river flats
spread out on either side of it. The rainfall, most
of which falls in the winter between June and
September, virtually ensures that the valley is
green and fertile for most of the year.
Tumut is a suburb of Regional NSW, New South
Wales and is about 316 kms west-southwest of
NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011
Australian census the population of Tumut was
6,238 when there were 3,158 Females and
3,080 Males living there. The median age for
people living in Tumut was 39.