Dry Plain, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia
36°04′57″S 148°56′02″E / 36.08250°S 148.93389°E / -36.08250; 148.93389Population42 (2016 census)[1]Postcode(s)2630Elevation1,260 m (4,134 ft)Location
  • 24 km (15 mi) SE of Adaminaby
  • 160 km (99 mi) S of Canberra
  • 40 km (25 mi) NW of Cooma
LGA(s)Snowy Monaro Regional CouncilRegionMonaroCountyWallaceParishBackalumState electorate(s)MonaroFederal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Dry Plain:
Bolaro Shannons Flat Shannons Flat
Adaminaby Dry Plain Murrumbucca
Frying Pan Rhine Falls Wambrook

Dry Plain is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It is located in grasslands mainly to the east of the Snowy Mountains Highway, about 25 km southeast of Adaminaby and 40 km northwest of Cooma, at an altitude of approximately 1,260 metres (4,130 ft). It is about 160 km south of Canberra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 42.[1]

It had a school from June 1925 to October 1927, generally described as a "half-time" school.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dry Plain". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Dry Plain". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Dry Plain". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Dry Plain school in the school history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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