Dairymans Plains

Dairymans Plains New South Wales
Dairymans Plains Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	36°12′57″S149°03′02″E / 36.21583°S 149.05056°E / -36.21583; 149.05056
Population	183 (2021 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
Localities around Dairymans Plains: Wambrook Murrumbucca Binjura Wambrook Dairymans Plains Cooma Coolringdon Pine Valley Cooma

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 2021 census, it had a population of 183. ^[1] It contains grazing country, a rural residential development, Cooma Golf Course and a large car wrecking yard.

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

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dairymans Plains". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
2. "Dairymans Plains". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. "Dairymans Plains". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
4. "Dairymans Plains school in the school history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 3 April 2018.