Dandaragan is a small town in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
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. The name of Dandaragan was first recorded in 1850 as the name of a nearby gulley and
spring
Spring(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* Spring (season)
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or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring. The word is
Indigenous Australian
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in origin and is thought to mean ''good
kangaroo
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country''.
The first recorded land lease was to William Brockman in 1848; he had a land lease at Muchamulla Springs.
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.
The
Dandaragan plateau
Dandaragan plateau is a feature between the Darling Scarp and Gingin scarp in Western Australia
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is the underlying geological feature of the area the town is located.
Select Harvests unsuccessfully attempted to grow a large
almond orchard near Dandaragan between 2010 and 2015.
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Shire of Dandaragan