Wambrook, New South Wales
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Wambrook is a locality in the Snowy Monaro Region,
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, Australia. It is located in grasslands mainly to the northeast of the
Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Mountains Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales, Australia. Its two sections connect the New South Wales South Coast to the Monaro region, and the Monaro to the South Western Slopes via the Snowy Mountains. The higher ...
, about 30 km southeast of
Adaminaby Adaminaby is a small town near the Snowy Mountains north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The historic town, of 301 people at the , is a trout fishing centre and winter spo ...
and 25 km northwest of
Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina. ...
, situated at the foot of the ranges at an altitude of 865 m above mean sea level. It is about 140 km south of
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. At the , it had a population of 44. It had a school from 1892 to 1903 and from 1912 to 1928, described as a "provisional" school until March 1916 and subsequently as a "half-time" school.


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Snowy Monaro Regional Council Localities in New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub