Cataby, Western Australia
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Cataby Western Australia |
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Cataby roadhouse |
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Postcode: | 6507 |
Location: | 170 km N of Perth |
LGA: | Shire of Dandaragan |
State District: | Moore |
Federal Division: | O'Connor |
Cataby is a tiny townsite located some 170 km north of Perth, Western Australia on the Brand Highway. The area was apparently once called West Dandaragan [1], with the town of Dandaragan located 17km to the east.
Cataby is perhaps best known by travellers as a rest-stop on the journey to such locations as Geraldton, or the Pinnacles Desert within the Nambung National Park near Cervantes.
Tiwest Joint Venture have a titanium mine site at Cooljarloo, near Cataby. Concentrate is transported by road train to the processing facility at Chandala, near Muchea.
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