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Western Australia
is a state occupying the entire western
third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west,
the Great Australian Bight and Southern Ocean to the south.Occurrence of snow
in the state is rare, and typically only in the Stirling Range near Albany, as
it is the only mountain range far enough south and with sufficient elevation.
More rarely, snow can fall on the nearby Porongurup Range. Source
Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. It is an area centred approximately Coordinate, 800 kilometres north of Perth, on the westernmost point of Australia. An expedition led by Dirk Hartog happened upon the area in 1616, becoming the second group of Europeans known to have visited Australia. Shark Bay was named by William Dampier, on 7 August 1699. The area has a population of fewer than 1,000 people and a coastline of over 1,500 kilometres. Source
