Lost Tumut

Memories and history of a small country town

  • About
  • Contact
  • Bogong Magazines
  • Blowering Collection
    • Blowering Valley Pictures
    • Blowering Dam Construction
    • Blowering Dam in Drought
  • Song of Autumn
  • TPAS Productions
You are here: Home / Archives for lostadmin

Tumut River Swimming Pool

June 30, 2015 by lostadmin 16 Comments

With thanks to Glen Ward for digging up this great picture / postcard: I’m guessing the picture was taken in the 1950s?

Year 8, 1978

June 29, 2015 by lostadmin 1 Comment

With thanks to Rob Breed for the picture and attempt at naming those within it. Please feel free to name people in the comments section below if you know them. Top row l-r me.andy kell.dunno.steven Mcallister?dunno. next row grant Biggs.dunno.marden Taylor.phil wilkinson?philip brooks.david Knox.shane sparks.john love? next row dunno.butch ?dunno.sharon?dunno.lesley Clarke.brian murphy?dunno.dunno. next row Michelle […]

Fun at Wallomes

June 23, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Chris Nicholes for the picture and description: Wallomes Flats Wynyard St. Talbingo dam scraper operators having a beer drinking comp on a wet day. Photo courtesy Peter Webb about 1970.

Maher Cup 1960s and 2010s

June 22, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Jenny Hodges for the picture and description: With thanks to Robert Giddings, a terrific old photo of these three holding the Maher Cup in the mid sixties and then the more recent photo of them about two or three years ago. Robert Giddings (right) and the Late Bruce Kingsman (left), and the […]

Blowering Service Station Advertisement

June 20, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Via Steve Kell, this advertisement featuring a picture of the Blowering Service Station run by Sam Hargreaves. From the late 1970s.

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email (email sent no more than every 2-3 days).

Recent Posts

  • Virtual Walking Tour of Tumut
  • Blowering Dam Service Crew
  • Tumut Primary School Excursion 1979
  • Pat Knight and Lorna Irwin – Wynyard Hotel
  • Road Near Brandy Mary’s
  • Demolition of Sheahan House
  • Corn Harvesting – Blowering area
  • 3rd Year (3A), Tumut High School 1962
  • Leo Hoad – Yarrangobilly Caves 1951
  • Edgar Joseph Baker’s Truck

Previous Posts

Categories

  • 1824-1899
  • 1900-1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000-now
  • News

Popular topics

1950 1951 1953 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1974 1976 1979 blowering blowering dam blowering valley Bombowlee Butler capper st Doon festival of falling leaf gilmore Herbert St infants school Kiandra Maher Cup McAlister racecourse Rugby League russell st Sturt talbingo tumut high school tumut primary school Tumut river webb wynyard st Young Anglicans

Recent Comments

  • Dave Stuart on John Hobby – League Legend
  • David Christie on Beattie Family Circa 1901
  • Ralph on Talbingo Hotel 1950s
  • Brittni on Jack Agnew and Ron Sheather
  • Alison Turner on Tumut School Grade 4 1936

Copyright © 2026 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Loading Comments...