Rhine Falls
New South Wales
Rhine Falls is located in New South Wales
Rhine Falls
Rhine Falls
Coordinates36°11′S 148°54′E / 36.183°S 148.900°E / -36.183; 148.900
Population42 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2630
Elevation1,320 m (4,331 ft)
LGA(s)Snowy Monaro Regional Council
State electorate(s)Monaro
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Rhine Falls:
Frying Pan Dry Plain Dry Plain
Frying Pan Rhine Falls Wambrook
Middlingbank Cootralantra Coolringdon

Rhine Falls is a locality within the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, halfway between Wambrook and Dry Plain[2][3] at an altitude of 1,320 metres (4,330 ft); ranking as one of the highest-elevated localities in Australia. Snow occurs frequently from May through to September, and can occur at any time of the year. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 42,[1] the same as neighbouring Dry Plain.[4]

The region is characterised by its vast, flat to gently undulating grazing land on the highest part of the Monaro; beginning at an altitude of approximately 800 metres in the east, soaring to 1,320 metres at the crest of the locality in the west.

Rhine Falls had a school from March 1892 to December 1933, generally described as a "half-time" school, although full-time until 1904 and in 1910 and 1911.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rhine Falls". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Rhine Falls". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Rhine Falls". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dry Plain". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Rhine Falls school in the school history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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