Oakley is a locality in the Peel Region of

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. Its local

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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

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's three alumina refineries, which is named after the nearest large town in the region, Pinjarra.

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