Dandaragan, Western Australia

"Dandaragan" redirects here. For the local government area, see Shire of Dandaragan.

Dandaragan is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The Dandaragan plateau is the underlying geological feature of the area.

Dandaragan Western Australia
Dandaragan Store, 2014.
Dandaragan
Coordinates	30°41′S 115°42′E
Population	292 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1850 gazetted 1958
Postcode(s)	6507
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Area	974.4 km2 (376.2 sq mi)
Location	170 km (106 mi) north of Perth 29 km (18 mi) west of Moora 98 km (61 mi) south east of Jurien Bay
LGA(s)	Shire of Dandaragan
State electorate(s)	Moore
Federal division(s)	Durack

History

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.^[2]

The name of Dandaragan was first recorded in 1850 as the name of a nearby gulley and spring or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring. The word is Indigenous Australian in origin and is thought to mean good kangaroo country. James Drummond settled in the area in 1850 and established a farm. A police station was built later and the townsite was gazetted in 1958.^[3]

Select Harvests unsuccessfully attempted to grow a large almond orchard near Dandaragan between 2010 and 2015.^{[citation needed]}