records commenced at Tumbarumba Post Office in 1885, however temperature records (both averages and extremes) didn't commence until 1965. Sport The Tumbarumba Greens field rugby league 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 compete in the Victorian-based Upper Murray Football League. Cultural references In November 1963, New Zealander Johnny Devlin (with Bee Gees on backing vocals) released the single "Stomp The Tumbarumba", a song covered later by, among others, the Australian rock band Hoodoo Gurus (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's prose-poem Finnegans Wake. 'Tumbarumba mountain' is listed as one of the places of origin of HCE (Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker), one of the central characters of the Wake (FW 596.11). Shirley Abicair, 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, 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". Gallery See also Mannus Correctional Centre References External links Tumbarumba Shire Council Demographic profile of Tumbarumba Shire in 2001 Discussion on Lost Poetry web site of authorship of the poem Tumba-bloody-rumba Tumbarumba Railway Station Tumbafest website Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail Towns in New South Wales Snowy Valleys Council Tumbarumba, New South Wales Mining towns in New South Wales