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The Snowy Monaro
Regional Council was established in 2016 which comprises the former Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Local Government Areas. The area is the traditional lands of the Ngarigo tribe and the Ngarigo people continue to survive despite being listed as critically endangered by the
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to 700 millimetres (26 inches) at the eastern edge of the plateau, where occasional cyclonic storms can produce extremely heavy rainfall - in one day in June 1975 Nimmitabel received 256 millimetres (over 10 inches) of rain.
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in the whole continent, which are some of the best soils in
Australia. Elsewhere the granitic soils are heavily leached and very infertile, supporting a dry forest vegetation before clearing for pastures. The
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to 22 °C (71 °F) on the highest parts of the plateau. Nights in summer can be cool, but in winter the region is the coldest part of mainland
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in the south. It drops rather sharply to the coast on its eastern side. Much of the region is an ancient highland, but there is
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Temperatures in summer are warm to very warm, with average maxima ranging from 28 °C (82 °F) around
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government due to the events of education of the 1700s, and didn't share their border with the
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513:References
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479:Michelago
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409:Transport
357:and beef
297:Geography
287:2001–2006
283:1967–1977
262:Ngunnawal
234:big plain
63:Adaminaby
717:Riverina
662:Far West
507:Jerangle
487:Cathcart
463:Delegate
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391:Canberra
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272:'Monaro'
254:Canberra
242:Victoria
164:Riverina
467:Dalgety
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403:Bombala
383:Dalgety
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495:Yaouk
443:Cooma
437:Towns
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347:Snowy
315:Cooma
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275:Coupe
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