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Dongara is the centre for a small oil and natural gas industry that began with the discovery of the Dongara Gas Field in 1966. [5] Dongara railway station was demolished in 1975 as part of the realignment of the Midland railway line through the town, which was necessitated by the construction of the Dongara–Eneabba railway line. [6]
The Dongara–Eneabba railway line is a disused railway line in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It branches off the Midland railway line at Dongara and runs for 94 kilometres (58 mi) to Eneabba. It opened in 1976 and closed in 2013, and was solely used to haul mineral sands from a mine at Eneabba to Geraldton Port.
A parliamentary select committee recommended the route be altered to branch off from the Eastern Railway at Guildford and run via Chittering, Bindoon, Victoria Plains, Carnamah, Arrino, Upper Irwin and Dongara to Walkaway where it would join the Western Australian Government Railway’s line from Geraldton. The agreement was signed on 27 ...
St John the Baptist Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Dongara, Western Australia. [1] Constructed in 1885, the church remains in active use and is part of the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia .
This list of museums in Western Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Playford discovered the stromatolites at Hamelin Pool in July 1954 when he and Daryl Johnstone were working in the Shark Bay area. The work in Shark Bay culminated in a comprehensive publication in 2013 that showcases the geology of this World Heritage Area. [9]
In April 1976, the Dongara–Eneabba railway line opened, linking the Iluka Resources mineral sands mine at Eneabba to the Midland railway line at Dongara. [8] [9] The Warradarge Wind Farm is being constructed southeast of Eneabba.
Mooliabeenee (also found misspelt as Mooliabeenie) is a locality in Western Australia, east of Gingin, within the Shire of Chittering.. The nearby Mooliabeenie [a] station lies on the Millendon Junction (near Midland) to Dongara section of the railway line now managed by Arc Infrastructure.