Rhine Falls, New South Wales
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Rhine Falls is a locality within the
Snowy Monaro Regional Council The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a forced merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snow ...
, halfway between
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and Dry Plain at an altitude of ; ranking as one of the highest-elevated localities in Australia.
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occurs frequently from May through to September, and can occur at any time of the year. At the , it had a population of 42, the same as neighbouring Dry Plain. 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.


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