Dairymans Plains, New South Wales

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Dairymans Plains
New South Wales
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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 Coordinates: 36°12′57″S149°03′02″E / 36.21583°S 149.05056°E / -36.21583; 149.05056
Population152 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2630
Location8 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 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 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dairymans Plains". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Dairymans Plains". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.