We acknowledge the First Nations’ owners of the Irwin districts, the Wattandee People on Wattandee Wanda, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community, and pay our respects to Wattandee ancestors, elders, people and country.

Affiliations: Royal Western Australian Historical Society | Australian Museums and Galleries Association | Midland Railway Network | W.A. Fishers’ Lost at Sea Memorial Association (FlatSea)

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  • Foreshore Submission from IDHS

    Port Denison Foreshore Concept Masterplan, Revision G Introduction These comments refer to the strategies and illustrated plans provided in the Concept. Note: The original file is not available for download…

  • Fishing along the Irwin Coast

    Its not unusual to see the retail shops in Perth proudly displaying the sign Dongara Crayfish. Crayfish or the Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus) range all along Western Australia’s west…

  • A Brief History of the Irwin Districts

    A short chronological history of the Irwin Districts since colonisation

  • A Port for the Irwin District

    Situated on Arurine Bay, a townsite was surveyed as “Denison” in 1866, but was generally referred to as “Port Irwin” up to the 1880’s. It was later called “Port Dongara”…

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