Brighton Senior Citizens Club Memorial PlaquePrint Page 
The plaque commemorates the members and friends of the Brighton Senior Citizens Club who were killed in Snowy Mountains in September 1973.
Adaminaby, Wednesday. - Eighteen people were killed and another 21 were injured when a tourist bus plunged down a slope on the edge of the Tumut Pond reservoir near Cabramurra this afternoon. All were members of the Brighton Senior Citizens Club, from Adelaide, which had been taking a week-long tour of south-eastern Australia.
The accident occurred shortly after 2.30pm when the bus, which had been travelling from Khancoban to Cooma, failed to take a corner on the steep, narrow road about four miles from Cabramurra. The bus plunged about 200 ft down the very steep embankment, the roof and seating flying away from the bus before it came to rest just at the edge of the reservoir.
Passengers were flung along the embankment, some landing and drowning in the reservoir. Others slid down the 80-degree slope to the water's edge.
Police have interviewed the driver of the bus, Mr James Ogilvie, 25, who escaped serious injury. The bus had been travelling along a steep, winding road, police said, when the brakes failed and Mr Ogilvie tried desperately to stop the bus. It was going downhill and in a last desperate attempt he drove it side on into the stone mountain wall.
The Canberra Times, 27 September 1973.
Location
| Address: | 444 Brighton Road, St Jude`s Church, Brighton, 5048 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.017013 Long: 138.523188 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 26-September-1973 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 26-September-1973 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 26th September, 2005 |
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City of
Holdfast Bay
REDEDICATION
To the memory of
those members and friends of the Brighton Senior Citizens Club
who tragically lost their lives in Snowy Mountains on
26 September 1973
[ Names ]
Ken Rolland Mayor
Rob Donaldson Chief Executive Officer
26 September 2005
