Cataby is a small settlement approximately north of
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, Western Australia on the
Brand Highway. The area was once called West Dandaragan, with the town of
Dandaragan located 17 km to the east.
The
Cataby Important Bird Area, which supports an important breeding population of the
short-billed black cockatoo
Carnaby's black cockatoo (''Zanda latirostris''), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a sho ...
, lies 2 km south-east of the town.
Tronox
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have a
titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Found in nature only as an oxide, it can be reduced to produce a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength, resistant to corrosion in ...
mine site at Cooljarloo, near Cataby. Concentrate is transported by road train to the processing facility at Chandala, near
Muchea.
The area has also been explored for mineral sands.
The town was threatened by a
bushfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...
in 2010, which closed the
Brand Highway for a few hours; the fire was contained shortly afterward.
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Mining towns in Western Australia
Towns in Western Australia
Shire of Dandaragan