250:(A very large farm or ranch greater than 8000 acres (32 km²)) can be seen on the Mt Nessing Golf Club's course. Water for the Albury Scheme is taken from a tributary branch of the Opawa River. This scheme was built in the late 1960s/early 1970s and uses no pumps - the system is driven by gravity. It was served by one low dam until 2000-2002 when another branch of the river was dammed to increase the water flow to the headworks. This was necessary as water flow was becoming too low in the original branch. Filtering for the scheme is performed by a long, dual channel trough that contains various grade of gravel with the coarsest at the bottom (
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Albury School is a co-educational state primary school covering years 1 to 6, with a roll of 30 as of August 2024. The school was founded in 1882. It currently has two classrooms, one for years 1 and 2 and one for years 3 to 6. Most children go on to the high school in
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