Dairy Plains, Tasmania
Town in Tasmania, Australia
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Dairy Plains is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Meander Valley in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census recorded a population of 69 for the state suburb of Dairy Plains.[1]
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| Coordinates: 41°35′09″S 146°29′47″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | Launceston | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 69 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7304 | ||||||||||||
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History
Dairy Plains was gazetted as a locality in 1968.[2]
It is an area that was part of the Van Diemen's Land Company holdings.[3]
Geography
The boundaries are mostly survey lines, with small sections of minor watercourses in several places.[4]
