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Dandaragan, Western Australia

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The first recorded land lease was to William Brockman in 1848; he had a 2,428-hectare (6,000-acre) land lease at Muchamulla Springs.
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settled in the area in 1850 and established a farm. A police station was built later and the townsite was gazetted in 1958.
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The name of Dandaragan was first recorded in 1850 as the name of a nearby gulley and
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or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring. The word is
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Western Australia

Dandaragan is located in Western Australia
Coordinates
30°41′S 115°42′E / 30.683°S 115.700°E / -30.683; 115.700
2021
Postcode(s)
Perth
Moora
Jurien Bay
LGA(s)
Shire of Dandaragan
State electorate(s)
Moore
Federal division(s)
Durack
Wheatbelt
Western Australia
Dandaragan plateau
spring
Indigenous Australian
kangaroo
James Drummond
Select Harvests
almond
Australian Bureau of Statistics
"Dandaragan (suburb and locality)"
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