Rollands Plains is a village and bounded rural locality in Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Location and economy

Mount Banda Banda seen from Number 1 fire tower

Located 320 km north of

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and 20 km west of Port Macquarie, New South Wales, between the town of Telegraph Point and

Willi Willi National Park The Willi Willi National Park is a protected national park located on the North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1996, the park is situated northeast of Sydney and west of . The park is part of the Hastings-Macleay ...

it is roughly equivalent with Tinebank parish of

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county. It is within Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area, and is divided into Rollands Plains and Upper Rollands Plains. Rollands Plains is also a part of the traditional Dunghutti land. The

Birpai The Birrbay people, also spelt Birpai, Biripi, Birippi and variant spellings, are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales. They and share a dialect continuum with the Worimi people. Language The Gathang language (aka Gadjang or Wori ...

people have lived in this area for more than 40,000 years. The economy is primarily agricultural although timber getting was dominant in the past, with parts of the locality being cleared as soldier settlements following World War I. Rollands Plains has a

school of arts School of Arts or school of arts may refer to: *Art school, an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts * Mechanics' institutes, Victorian-era educational establishments formed to provide education, particularly in technical ...

hall, cemetery, oval, a Rural Fire Service, and the Upper Rollands Plains Public School. The smaller Rollands Plains Public School closed in the 1960s. The natural geography is dominated by the Wilson River, a tributary of the Hastings River. The head waters of the Wilson River is near

Mount Banda Banda Mount Banda Banda, a mountain of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, is situated from Sydney within the Willi Willi National Park. Banda Banda can be seen on the north western horizon from Port Macquarie. And seen on th ...

20 km to the west in the

. A number of state forest reservations also lie to the north of the village. File:Rollands Plains Race track 2018.png, Rollands Plains Race Track, fire station and cemetery, village centre Rollands Plains NSW. File:Rollands Plains village 2018.png, Rollands Plains village centre 2018 File:Bril Bril Creek Rollins Plains New South Wales.png, Bridge over the Bril Bril Creek on the edge of Rollins Plains village centre. Mid north Coast of New South Wales. File:Upper Rollands Plains New South Wales 4.png, Landscape of Upper Rollands Plains New South Wales. File:Cogo and Ballengary Parish Macquarie County (NSW).png, Landscape of Rolland's Plains New South Wales. File:Mount Cogo Wilson River Port Macquarie News South Wales (1).png, Mount Cogo and the Wilson River west of Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast of News South Wales.

Etymology

The name Rollands Plains derives from Captain John Rolland, the Commandant of nearby Port Macquarie. Taken ill at sea in 1824, he sailed to Port Macquarie seeking medical attention. Medical attention of the day was not able to save him and he was interred at the Church of St Thomas Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie, New South Wales: Travel guide and things to do
under construction at the time.

Notable residents

Notable residents include * Archibald Clunes Innes * Radford Gamack

References

{{authority control Mid North Coast Towns in New South Wales