Wp/nys/Dongara

Dongara is a town 351 kilometres north-northwest of Perth, Western Australia, on the Brand Highway. The town is located at the mouth of the Irwin River.

Main Street of Dongara – Moreton Terrace

Meaning

Dongara means listen to the mouth or voice/s from above or the east.

Karr-bung Karryl

Dongara as d - ong - ara or

Daa - ong - era or

da - doung - e-ra or

daa - duong - ira or

da - doonga - yira or

daa - dwank - era or

da - twonk - yira

Alternatively, the place name 'Dongara' is an anglicised rendition of Thung-arra, the local Wattandee people's name for the estuary adjacent to the town, meaning 'sea lion place'.^[source?]

Ngiyan waarnk