What is Australian Plains?
{{Infobox Australian place|type=town|name=Australia Plains|state=sa|image=Church and school, Australia Plains.JPG|caption=Former Church (left) and school|pop=|established=|postcode=5374|elevation=|dist1=|dir1=|location1=|lga=Regional Council of Goyder|stategov=[[Electoral district of Stuart|Stuart]]|fedgov=[[Division of Grey|Grey]]|maxtemp=|mintemp=|rainfall=|near-n=[[Rocky Plain, South Australia|Rocky Plain]]|near-ne=[[Geranium Plains, South Australia|Geranium Plains]]|near-e=[[Bower, South Australia|Bower]]|near-se=[[Sutherlands, South Australia|Sutherlands]]|near-s=[[Peep Hill, South Australia|Peep Hill]]|near-sw=[[Eudunda, South Australia|Eudunda]]|near-w=[[Point Pass, South Australia|Point Pass]]|near-nw=[[Robertstown, South Australia|Robertstown]]|coordinates={{coord|34.097|S|139.15|E|display=inline,title}}}}'''Australian Plains''' is a small settlement in [[South Australia]]. Originally, the settlement was founded by [[German immigrants]], in the 1880s. In 2014, it had a population of about 30 people. The post office operated from 1882 to 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|title=Placename Details: Australia Plains Post Office|date=13 October 2009|work=Property Location Browser|publisher=Land Services, Government of South Australia|id=SA0003564|access-date=22 February 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The public school operated from 1917 to 1956. Before 1917, there was a [[Lutheran]] school, which had to close during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105412044|title=CLOSING GERMAN SCHOOLS|date=18 June 1917|newspaper=[[The Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|access-date=24 December 2016|issue=2260|location=South Australia|volume=8|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Hills, Valley and Plains: History of the Eudunda District|author=Dreckow, Betty|year=1986|page=142}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Towns i