Type: | town |
Rhine Falls | |
State: | nsw |
Lga: | Snowy Monaro Regional Council |
Postcode: | 2630 |
Pop: | 42 |
Elevation: | 1320 |
Coordinates: | -36.1833°N 202°W |
Stategov: | Monaro |
Fedgov: | Eden-Monaro |
Near-N: | Dry Plain |
Near-Ne: | Dry Plain |
Near-E: | Wambrook |
Near-Se: | Coolringdon |
Near-S: | Cootralantra |
Near-Sw: | Middlingbank |
Near-W: | Frying Pan |
Near-Nw: | Frying Pan |
Rhine Falls is a locality within the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, halfway between Wambrook and Dry Plain[1] at an altitude of ; 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, 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.[2]