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Edgar Joseph Baker’s Truck

May 29, 2020 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Malcolm Baker for this great picture and description: I am putting on a photo of one of Edgar Joseph Baker's trucks. This one is reputably the first truck to be driven over Talbingo Mountain to Kiandra. I am not sure which year but I believe it was somewhere around 1925. I believe the truck was … Continue reading

More Lost Tumut

Tumut Infants Class 1-TR Circa 1959

May 26, 2020 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Georgina Payten for this great picture of Class 1-TR (TR meaning transition between Year 1 and 2 based on age - thanks to Bruce Elder … Continue Reading

Rebecca Downing -Star Hotel

May 21, 2020 By lostadmin 3 Comments

A big thanks to Terry Sullivan for this great photo of his great grandmother, Rebecca Downing. Rebecca was licensee of Tumut's Star Hotel in … Continue Reading

Even More Lost Tumut

Tumut Anglican Ball 1960s

November 8, 2016 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

This pic is also courtesy of Graham Spencer. It shows an Anglican ball in the 1960s. Anyone able to put names to the people in the picture? … Continue reading

The Alston Family – Bombowlee 1922

May 3, 2015 By lostadmin 1 Comment

Thanks to Chris Nicholes for the picture and accompanying description: The Alston children (5 of 10) 1922 on the family Bombowlee farm, behind the airport, Nellie my late mother in law centre. … Continue reading

Ivan’s Coffee Lounge Circa 1964-1965

July 8, 2017 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Ted Denson for this picture from approximately 1964 or 1965, taken at Ivan's Coffee Lounge, which was located 'across and up from Montreal Theatre'. Anyone like to name names in the photo? … Continue reading

Tumut – Batlow Rail Line Landslide

January 20, 2016 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Chris Nicholes for the picture and description: Tumut Batlow rail line Landslide, mid 1940s? A Vic Neill photo. … Continue reading

5th Year 1958

October 30, 2016 By lostadmin 1 Comment

A huge thanks to Chris Bonnor for this picture of 5th Year 1958. … Continue reading

Blowering Farm, 1950s

July 18, 2015 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

Courtesy of Mae O'Neill: A calendar shot of our farm at Blowering. … Continue reading

Blowering Valley Pan Shot – 1960s

December 30, 2017 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

This pan picture of the Blowering Valley is courtesy of Barry Wrenford. Don't forget to check out our large Blowering collection here as well. (This original is very large, click on the picture to view the … Continue reading

The 1970 International Veteran and Vintage car rally hits Tumut

April 9, 2014 By lostadmin Leave a Comment

Pic and description thanks to Chris Nicholes: 1914 Delaunay Belleville, seen in Wynyard St, Tumut, The 1970 International Veteran and Vintage car rally, About 200 old cars from all over the world toured … Continue reading

Even more!

  • Tumut River at Lob’s Hole 1950
  • Helen’s Acorn Tree – Little River
  • Tumut Cyclists, 1939
  • History of Tumut area railway
  • Nellie and Dick Hillier Circa 1970s
  • Bertha and Jock Dowell
  • Tumut Locals in Sydney – 1956
  • Blowering Dam construction 1965 – diversion tunnel.
  • Festival of the Falling Leaf – Coles floats
  • Tumut Co-Op 1950s
  • The ‘Bombowlee Jazz Band’
  • Hume and Hovell Walking Track: West Blowering Suspension Bridge
  • John Hobby – League Legend
  • 1st Class at the Sacred Heart School, 1960.
  • Tumut Broom Factory Circa 1977
  • Tumut Marble Quarry
  • The Revue Club 1953
  • Gilmore Wedding 1927
  • Windowie School – 1892
  • Tumut Ski Club 1960s
  • Tumut Turf Club Committee Circa 1900
  • Kiandra Late 1960s
  • Opening of Wereboldera Bridge 1918
  • Lacmalac School and Surrounds – 1957
  • Saturday Morning in Wynyard Street
  • Ski Jumps at Cabramurra – 1961
  • Mundongo Public School 1964
  • Windowie School, Gilmore
  • Blowering Valley Pan Shot – 1960s
  • Joseph Butler 1928
  • Beattie Family Circa 1901
  • Kiandra Village 1960
  • Kiandra from the air: 1960s
  • Five Ways Art Society Building Under Construction
  • Four generations of the Butler family
  • Ivan’s Coffee Lounge Circa 1964-1965
  • Hoad Home – Corner of Richmond and Fitzroy Sts
  • Lyle Baker Cartoon – Burrinjuck Fishing Trip
  • Tumut Co-Op Staff 1983
  • Knox Pharmacy Wynyard Street
  • Corner of Wynyard St and Russell St – 1970s
  • Tumut Infants 1979 Class 1S
  • Kelly Cup 1998
  • NSW vs Qld Primary Schools Test – 1979
  • 1936 Canoeing Record
  • Bombowlee – Drawing In Hay
  • Festival Float – Early 1960s
  • Jimmy Nedery – 1974
  • Tumut High 6th Form 1970
  • Tumut High School Cricket Match
  • Hoad Family Picture
  • Roger Wade 1963
  • Denise and Murray Luke, 1963
  • Tumut High School Staff Christmas Party 1961
  • Opening of Tumut High School 1961
  • Tumut High School 1961
  • Stoke’s Copper Mine at Goobragandra
  • EA Bourne Staff 1952
  • Wynyard Street – 1950s
  • Tumut 1 Power Station 1960s
  • Patti McGrath – Tumut Dance
  • Syd Bayliss of the ” Valley of the Whites Trading Post”
  • Fred Sturt, Peter Sturt & Ken Crampton 1962
  • Boating on the Tumut River
  • Young Anglicans Christmas Ball, 1963
  • Cute Kids at Debutante Ball
  • Tumut High School Construction 1961
  • Tumut Debutante Ball 1963
  • Tumut High School – Laying of Foundation Stone
  • Wilkinson and Son Auctioneer – Russell St
  • Willow Bend Rail Line
  • Turkeys in Richmond St
  • Tumut Taxi and Paddock Basher
  • Willow Bend Tuckertorium Postcard
  • Tumut Car Dealer Advertisements – 1972
  • Tumut Rodeo Queen 1962
  • 1969 7-Stone 7-Pound Rugby League Team
  • Tumut Anglican Ball 1960s
  • Tumut Debutante Ball 1963
  • Gravel Crushing Plant – Blowering
  • Assorted Party-goers 1960s
  • 5th Year 1958
  • 1960s Ball In Tumut
  • Camp Hudson – 1960s
  • Assorted Tumut Young Anglicans 1960s
  • Young Anglicans Opposite Sex Party
  • 1960s Debutante Ball
  • Wabco Dump Truck 1968
  • 1965 Festival of the Falling Leaf
  • John Wyse Snowy Smash Repairs
  • Oddy’s Bridge
  • Yee Hing and Co Building
  • PGH Gilmore Sawmill 1966
  • 48 Class locomotive hauling freight
  • Bombowlee Turnoff
  • Old Flour Mill – Capper St
  • Norm and Cath Bye
  • Blowering Construction Camp 1966
  • Wynyard St Tumut 1980
  • Tumut Flood Circa 1975

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