Major Plains is a locality situated to the north-west of Benalla in Victoria, Australia.

[3] A primary school operated in the locality between 1918 and 1946.

[4] The original Major Plains Post Office was opened on 1 July 1870 and was temporarily renamed as Devenish Post Office between 1874 and 1878 before closing in 1898.

[5] The heavy clay soil originally supported a Grey Box and Red Gum grassy woodland, and grassy wetlands to the north of Grogans Road.

Native shrub species include Mallee Wattle (Acacia montana), Hedge Wattle (Acacia paradoxa), Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) and Drooping Cassinia (Cassinia arcuata).