Dandaragan is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. 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), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a ...

or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring. The word is

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in origin and is thought to mean ''good

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...

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. Dandaragan locality and Shire of Dandaragan council of the same name occur on the plateau. The integrity of the Boonanarring reserve on the platea ...

is the underlying geological feature of the area the town is located.

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unsuccessfully attempted to grow a large

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orchard near Dandaragan between 2010 and 2015.

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{{authority control Shire of Dandaragan