Hay

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locality town

Hay is a rural service town in the Riverina region of southwestern New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural production and historic role as a transport and wool-growing center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf locality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climateType semi-arid ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromCanberra about 430 kilometres ⓘ
distanceFromMelbourne about 650 kilometres ⓘ
distanceFromSydney about 730 kilometres ⓘ
governingBody Hay Shire Council ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Hay Merino Sheep Show ⓘ
Hay Races ⓘ
hasHeritageBuilding Hay Gaol ⓘ
Hay Post Office ⓘ
Hay Railway Station ⓘ
hasHighwayConnection Cobb Highway ⓘ
Sturt Highway ⓘ
hasMuseum Dunera Museum ⓘ
Hay Gaol ⓘ
surface form: Hay Gaol Museum

Shear Outback – The Australian Shearers Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasRailwayHistory true ⓘ
hasTourismFocus rural heritage ⓘ
shearing history ⓘ
hasWorldWarIIMilitaryHistory true ⓘ
isAgriculturalCentre true ⓘ
isRuralServiceTown true ⓘ
isServiceCentreFor surrounding pastoral district ⓘ
isTransportCentre true ⓘ
isWoolGrowingCentre true ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Hay Shire ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
location southwestern New South Wales ⓘ
mainCrop canola ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
rice ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
mainIndustry agriculture ⓘ
cropping ⓘ
sheep grazing ⓘ
wool production ⓘ
postcode 2711 ⓘ
region Riverina ⓘ
riverFloodplain Murrumbidgee floodplain ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
timeZoneDST AEDT ⓘ
traditionalOwners Nari Nari people ⓘ
Wiradjuri people ⓘ
wasImportantWoolRailhead true ⓘ
wasSiteOfInternmentCamps true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cobb Highway → connects → Hay ⓘ
John Hay → familyName → Hay ⓘ
Hay Shire → hasTown → Hay ⓘ
Riverina → hasTown → Hay ⓘ
subject surface form: Riverina
Hay Shire → seat → Hay ⓘ
Hay Gaol → town → Hay ⓘ