History
Tumut (originally 'Dumot'), is claimed to be an Aboriginal name for "Resting Place by the River". Tumut Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.
Tumut was one of the ten areas short-listed in 1908 as a site for the Australian Capital Territory. Other locations that were short-listed include Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Dalgety, Lake George, Orange, Tooma, Lyndhurst and Yass-Canberra.
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