Cape Burney, Western Australia

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Cape Burney
GeraldtonWestern Australia
Population: 397
Postcode: 6532
Area: km² (2.7 sq mi)
Location: 12 km (7 mi) S of Geraldton
LGA: City of Geraldton-Greenough
State District: Greenough
Federal Division: O'Connor
Suburbs around Cape Burney:
Tarcoola Beach Wandina Wandina
Indian Ocean Cape Burney Rudds Gully
Indian Ocean Greenough

Cape Burney, also known as Greenough-on-Sea, is a coastal town and locality 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Geraldton, Western Australia at the mouth of the Greenough River. Its Local Government Area is the City of Geraldton-Greenough.

The locality was gazetted in 1985.[1]

Cape Burney contains a caravan park, popular with surfers and recreational fishermen, as well as the Southgate Dunes to the north of the settlement which separate the settlement from Geraldton.

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  1. ^ "Naming of Localities - Shire of Greenough (per 3231/71)", Western Australia Government Gazette, 1 November 1985, p. 1985:3207. 

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