Dongara
- Local Government Area
- Irwin
- Postcode
- 6525
- Population
- 1,393
- Area
- 8.45 km²
- Coordinates
- -29.2420, 114.9302
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Dongara
Dongara is a town 351 kilometres (218 mi) north-northwest of Perth, Western Australia, on the Brand Highway. It is located at the mouth of the Irwin River and is the seat of the Shire of Irwin. The area is marketed as the rock lobster capital of Australia, and the name Dongara is an anglicised form of Thung-arra, the local Wattandee people's name for the estuary, meaning sea lion place.
Nearby localities
- Bonniefield 4 km
- Port Denison 5 km
- Springfield (WA) 6 km
- Yardarino 9 km
- Irwin 14 km
- Bookara 17 km