Dairymans Plains

Dairymans Plains
Dairymans Plains
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates: 36°12′57″S 149°03′02″E / 36.21583°S 149.05056°E / -36.21583; 149.05056
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionMonaro
LGA
Location
  • 8 km (5.0 mi) NW of Cooma
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total183 (2021 census)[2]
Postcode
2630
CountyBeresford
ParishBinjura
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.[3][4] 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.[2] 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.[5]

References

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