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]
| Dry Plain New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Dry Plain Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°04′57″S 148°56′02″E / 36.08250°S 148.93389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 42 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2630 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,260 m (4,134 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| County | Wallace | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Backalum | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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It had a school from June 1925 to October 1927, generally described as a "half-time" school.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dry Plain". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dry Plain". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dry Plain". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Dry Plain school in the school history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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