Dry Plain, New South Wales
| 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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Dry Plain is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It it located in grasslands mainly to the east of the Snowy Mountains Highway, about 25 km southeast of Adaminaby and 40 km northwest of Cooma, straddling an altitude of approximately 1,260 m above mean sea level. 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
- ^ 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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