Royal Steam Roller Flour Mill

DONAGRA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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A small community where most of the operators of Port Denison's fishing fleet live.
Location: 351 km north north west of Perth near the mouth of the Irwin River.
Origin of name: the name is the anglicised version of "Thungarra", an Aboriginal name referring to the mouth of the Irwin River. It is said to mean "place of the fur seal". For some time an alternative spelling of 'Dongarra' was used, but Dongara was adopted as the official spelling in 1944.
Brief history: the district was first settled soon after Geraldton, to the north, came into being. Government buildings were erected and town lots first went on sale in 1877. It was a service town and port for the farming community on the Greenough Flats to the north in the latter half of the 19th century.
Natural features: Irwin River
Heritage features: former Pearse House (c.1870); former Royal Steam Roller Flour Mill (1894)