Oakley is a locality in the
Peel Region of
Western Australia
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. Its local
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
area is the
Shire of Murray
The Shire of Murray is a local government area of Western Australia. It has an area of and is located in the Peel Region about south of the Perth central business district.
The Shire extends across the Peel Inlet and the Swan Coastal Plain ...
.
Oakley is located at the foot of the
Darling Scarp
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to th ...
and is very lowly populated, it is one of the locations of
Alcoa
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's three
alumina refineries, which is named after the nearest large town in the region,
Pinjarra.
References
Towns in Western Australia
Shire of Murray
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