TUMUT BROOMS

 

Located Northwest of the Snowy Mountains.
The Tumut Broom Factory originally opened in 1946. Six types of brooms are manufactured at the Tumut Broom Factory, each requiring different quantities of millet.
Back then broom millet was grown by around 120 families in the Tumut area. These families produced 75% of Australia’s millet, with approximately 1200 tonnes of millet harvested when millet growing was at its peak.

Now millet is grown on only 3 farms in the area, producing around 8 tonnes each season.
Originally there were 14 broom factories located all around Australia. Today the Tumut Broom Factory is the last millet broom factory left in the country.

These brooms are built to last, made with high grade Australian millet with Tasmanian oak handles. 

Cliff Wortes began working in the Tumut Broom Factory soon after it opened and then took over in 1978.

The business continues to be a family business today, with Geoff’s son Andrew joining the business in 2020 and running it since 2022.

Tumut Broom workers 1955