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Encyclopedia > Denham, Western Australia

Denham is the administrative town for the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Shark Bay is a World Heritage Listed nature reserve situated on the north west coast of Western Australia. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...


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Denham - Western Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au (955 words)
Denham is both the western most town in Australia (at the 113°32" East meridian of longitude) and the gateway to Monkey Mia with its friendly dolphins.
Located on the western coast of the Peron Peninsula it is 23 km southwest of the dolphins and 831 km north of Perth.
In his book on Broome, Port of Pearls, Hugh Edwards writes of Denham 'The first pearls to be found in Western Australia were in Shark Bay in 1854 by a Lieutenant Helpman known as the 'Admiral of the Swan River Navy'.
Denham Monkey Mia Tourism (490 words)
Denham is located 833km north of Perth on the Peron Peninsula and is the main settlement of the Shark Bay area on Australias Coral Coast.
Australia’s most westerly town sits opposite Dirk Hartog Island and is the first place that Europeans visited on the mainland.
Denham is the ‘Gateway to the Dolphins’ and so the town is often underrated for its own amenities.
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