Hay, Western Australia
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Wilson Inlet from Nullaki Peninsula, facing north across the inlet towards Hay | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°57′17″S 117°23′7″E / 34.95472°S 117.38528°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 493 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.712/km2 (9.615/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6333 | ||||||||||||
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Hay is a locality in the Shire of Denmark, Great Southern region of Western Australia. The South Coast Highway passes through the locality from east to west. the Hay River forms its eastern boundary while the southern shore of the Wilson Inlet forms its southern border. The Mount Lindesay National Park extends into the far north of Hay while the McIntosh Road and Rudyard Beach Nature Reserves are located in its south.
Hay was a stopping place on the Albany to Denmark railway line, which was extended to Nornalup in 1929 and closed down in 1957.