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428:Climate data for Gascoyne Junction
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1454:Categories
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1419:Monkey Mia
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248:region of
222:North West
134:Population
1434:Woodgamia
1409:Learmonth
1384:Coral Bay
1379:Carnarvon
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1131:31 August
353:Education
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196:Carnarvon
167:Elevation
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1359:Gascoyne
1293:11 March
1264:11 March
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183:Location
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