Dairymans Plains is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It is located to the north of the Snowy Mountains Highway, to the immediate northwest of Cooma. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 152.[1] It contains grazing country, a rural residential development, Cooma Golf Course and a large car wrecking yard.
| Dairymans Plains New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Dairymans Plains Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°12′57″S 149°03′02″E / 36.21583°S 149.05056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 152 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2630 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) NW of Cooma | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| County | Beresford | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Binjura | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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Dairymans Plains had a school from 1881 to 1933, described as a "provisional" school from 1881 to 1884 and 1891 to 1899, as a "public" school from 1884 to 1890 and from 1899 to 1913 and a "half-time" school after 1913.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dairymans Plains". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dairymans Plains". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dairymans Plains". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dairymans Plains school in the school history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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