Dry Plain
Town in New South Wales, Australia
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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 2021 census, it had a population of 42.[1]
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  Dry Plain Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 36°04′57″S 148°56′02″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Monaro | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 1,260 m (4,130 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 42 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2630 | ||||||||||||
| County | Wallace | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Backalum | ||||||||||||
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It had a school from June 1925 to October 1927, generally described as a "half-time" school.[4]
