page_title: Adaminaby
section_title: Claims to Fame
hierarchical_section_title: Adaminaby / Claims to Fame
caption_attribution_description: Screenshot of Robert Mitchum from the trailer for the film The Sundowners
context_page_description: Adaminaby is a small town near the Snowy Mountains north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The historic town, of 301 people at the 2016 census, is a trout fishing centre and winter sports destination situated at 1,017 metres above sea level. Economic life is built around tourism and agriculture–the town serves as a service point for Selwyn Snowfields and the Northern Skifields. It is also a popular destination for horse riders, bushwalkers, fly-fishermen and water sports enthusiasts as well as a base for viewing aspects of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
  Adaminaby is one of the highest towns in Australia, with regular snowfalls that are occasionally heavy during winter. The historic Bolaro Station and scenic Yaouk Valley are located near the township and Charlie McKeahnie, said to be the inspiration for The Man From Snowy River, a poem by Banjo Paterson, lived and died in the district. Later, Nobel winning author Patrick White wrote about the town. The construction of nearby Lake Eucumbene made it necessary to re-locate the original township of Adaminaby in 1957.
context_section_description: Resting place of Charlie McKeahnie, claimed by some as the original "Man From Snowy River".
  Gateway to the Northern NSW Snowfields and Mount Selwyn – the oldest ski district in Australia, where recreational skiing has been conducted since 1861.
  Nobel Prize–winning author Patrick White's first novel, Happy Valley, was inspired by his time at Adaminaby. It was awarded the Australian Society of Literature's gold medal in 1941.
  Site where construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme began in 1949.
  Along with Jindabyne, Talbingo and Tallangatta, Adaminaby is one of a unique collection of Australian towns which were moved to make way for dam construction.
  In 1959 Hollywood came to the newly resituated Adaminaby race course for the filming of "The Sundowners", starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, and Deborah Kerr.
  In 1984, the Adaminaby Race Track doubled for Mexico in the Australian horse-bio-pic "Phar Lap", starring Tom Burlinson.
  Home of the World's Largest Trout.
  Site of the Snowy Scheme Museum
caption: Robert Mitchum in "The Sundowners", 1960.
exif: {}