1,843 sq kms extending 70 kms in an east-west direction and 30 kms north-south.
Population/sq km: 2.7

Denmark’s average daytime temperature in Summer is a pleasant 25C and a mild 16C in Winter.
Denmark’s average annual rainfall is approximately 1,000 mm.
Current weather http://www.weather.com.au/wa/denmark/current

Shire of Denmark,
South Coast Highway,
PO Box 183
Denmark, 6333
(08) 9848 0300
http://www.denmark.wa.gov.au

Mon - Fri: 9.00am – 4.00pm

Denmark Connect

http://www.denmark.wa.au/

Denmark Medical Centre,
Rear 27 Strickland Street
Denmark, 6333
(08) 9848 1522

Dr Jane James and Colleagues
70 Strickland Street,
Denmark, 6333
(08) 9848 1692

Denmark Playgroup & Toy Library
(08) 9848 3950

Denmark Occasional Day Care
(08) 9848 2160

Little Whalers Child Care
(08) 9848 2515

Denmark Kindergarten/Pre-Primary School
(08) 9848 0800

Spirit of Play Early Learning Centre
(08) 9848 2285

Golden Hill Steiner School
(08) 9848 1811

Denmark Primary School
(08) 9848 0800

Denmark High School
(08) 9848 0100

Denmark College of Agriculture
(08) 9848 0200

Great Southern TAFE (Denmark Campus)
(08) 9848 3222

Woodbury Boston Primary School
(08) 9845 1185

Fuels West Petroleum,
45 South Coast Highway, Denmark 6333
http://www.fuelswest.com.au/denmark.html

Caltex Denmark,
69 South Coast Highway, Denmark 6333
(08) 9848 2333

Shell Karri Hi Service Station,
39 South Coast Highway, Denmark 6333
(08) 9848 2022

National Australia Bank
59 Strickland Street, Denmark, 6333
(08) 9848 0700

Bank West,
Strickland Street
(08) 9848 3488

Commonwealth Bank ATM only
Corner South Coast Highway and Strickland Street

ANZ ATM only
32 South Coast Highway (Corner Strickland Street)

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Berridge Park,
Hollings Road, Denmark 6333

Caltex Denmark,
South Coast Highway, Denmark 6333

Civic Centre,
Price Street, Denmark 6333

McLean Park Public Toilets,
Brazier Street, Denmark 6333

Ocean Beach, Ocean Beach Road, Denmark 6333

Parrys Beach,
Parrys Beach Road, Denmark 6333

Poddy Shot,
Poddyshot Place, Denmark 6333

Rivermouth Toilets,
Inlet Drive, Denmark 6333

Shell Australia,
South Coast Highway, Denmark 6333

Thornton Park,
Hollings Road, Denmark 6333

Yacht Club Toilets,
Inlet Drive, Denmark 6333

Transwa
(08) 9326 2600
www.transwa.wa.gov.au

Buses go from Denmark Town Coach Stop, Strickland Street, Denmark to Albany. 
From there a bus can be taken to Perth or there are regular flights via Skywest on 1300-66 00 88

Denmark also has its own airstrip in East River Road
(08) 9848 1334

Denmark Sporting Groups

Boating and Angling Club
(08) 9848 1948

Bowling Club
(08) 9848 1194

Country Club
(08) 9848 1413

Recreation Centre, McLean Park, Brazier Street, Denmark 6333
(08) 9848 2377

Riding and Pony Club
(08) 9848 1384

Scotsdale Tennis Club
(08) 9848 1699

Surf Life Saving Club
(08) 9848 1934

Youth Centre ‘Tha House’
McLean Park
Brazier Street
(08) 9848 2377

Super IGA
Cnr Strickland & North Streets
(08) 9848 3211
http://www.iga.net.au

Eziway Foodstore
4 Hollings Road
Denmark 6333
(08) 9848 1250

Library
Strickland Street
(08) 9848 3006
http://library.denmark.org.au

Denmark Visitor Centre
73 South Coast Highway, Denmark, 6333
(08) 9848 2055
www.denmark.com.au

Bibbulmun Track
http://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au

Valley of The Giants Tree Top Walk
http://www.valleyofthegiants.com.au

Denmark Arts
http://www.denmarkarts.com.au

Taxi
(08) 9848 2295
0429 429 678

Community Groups
http://www.denmark.wa.gov.au/community/communitycontacts/communitygroups

Churches
http://www.denmark.wa.gov.au/community/communitycontacts/churches

Denmark’s main local industries include tourism, viticulture, horticulture, agriculture, cottage industries and beef, dairy, sheep, pig, and tree farming.

Many artists live in Denmark producing paintings, pottery, stained glass, woodwork and jewelry.

Denmark is a dynamic small friendly town with artists, musicians, families, retirees and tourists enjoying the sea and tree change.

Denmark has a thriving tourist industry and caters for those on a budget with campsites and caravan parks, through B&Bs, hotels, self contained chalets to indulgent pampering weekend retreats.

Denmark has everything you could want including cafés and restaurants, galleries, wineries, supermarkets, craft shops, medical and sporting facilities, fuel, and banks all close to fantastic beaches.

Denmark, where the Forest Meets the Sea, in the heart of the Great Southern has a spectacular coastline, forests, rolling green hills, vineyards, and the beautiful William Bay National Park.

Activities include visiting world-class wineries and vineyards, art galleries, community markets, great boating, fishing and surfing, 4 wheel driving, mountain biking, bush walking along the Bibbulmun Track, whale watching, craft shops, restaurants, cafés and the largest barometer in the world! 

The first people to arrive in the Denmark area were Aborigines around 40,000 years ago.

Thomas Braidwood Wilson, an English explorer, discovered this area in 1829 when conducting an expedition from Frederickstown - later to become Albany. He came across the river here and named it the Denmark River, after Dr Alexander Denmark, his friend and former tutor at the Naval Medical College in England.

The first European land use was by graziers and in 1893 the Millar brothers set up a sawmilling operation on the Denmark River to meet the needs of the Goldfields, which used huge amounts of timber.

Around 1885 timber leases were taken out in the Denmark River area and 15 years later milling was at its peak.  A railway track from Denmark to Albany was built to transport the karri, which was desirable all over the world. However, resource depletion soon resulted in a total collapse of the timber industry. The population declined dramatically and only started to revive with the introduction of the Group Settlement Scheme in the 1920s. Small farms of 40 ha (100 acres) were developed to create pasture for cattle, dairying and orcharding (mainly apples). Conditions were often poor and some of the small farmers could hardly survive.

By the 1960s the population had increased to 1,500 and was becoming attractive to alternative life-stylers and early retirees. Wine growers discovered the value of the rich karri loam for their vineyards with Riesling and Chardonnay being the first grapes grown on Denmark soil. Within 50 years the area became a wine region of importance; in 2008 nearly 25 vineyards had been established around Denmark.

More information on Denmark’s history can be found here http://www.denmark.wa.gov.au/ourcouncil/history_of_the_shire