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Citizen 2007 Awards

Awards for the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year 2007 were presented at the Jurien Bay Community Centre on 19 February 2008.  Pictured at left is Campbell Hurst, Young Citizen of the Year 2007   -Shane Love, Shire President  - Sara Kenny, Citizen of the Year 2007.

JURIEN BAY CITIZEN AND YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007
The Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year awards were held in Jurien Bay on Tuesday 19 February 2008 commencing at 7.00 pm.  The event ran on time and was very well attended by residents of the Shire of Dandaragan, traveling from all over the district.  The catering was kindly provided with assistance from members of the Jurien Bay Community Centre.
Jocelyn Panton provided an entertaining account of her voyage aboard the sailing ship Endeavor.  Jocelyn shared some of the hardships of traveling on the ship and challenged the audience to approach each new experience in life with a positive attitude.

Dr Wally Cox is the Chairman of Natural Resource Management Council.  Dr Cox spoke about the condition of our environment and what impact a growing population will have on available water, air quality, salinity and the changing weather patterns.
Congratulations to all nominees who have made a fantastic contribution to their local communities and a special congratulations to Campbell Hurst, of Dandaragan, for winning the Young Citizen of the Year Award 2007 and to Mrs Sara Kenny, from Badgingarra, for taking out the Citizen of the Year Award for 2007

Nominees for citizen of the Year 2007
Mr Arthur Eastwood 
Mr Vern Westbrook 
Mrs Sara Kenny 
Mr Allan Whittome 
Mrs Evelyn Hawkins 
Mrs Raelene Hurst 
Mr Lyall Gardiner
Mrs Margaret McConnell
Mrs Margaret Brown 

Nominee for young citizen of the Year 2007:
Mr Campbell Hurst

The Shire of Dandaragan contact details can be found here.

The Shire of Dandaragan offers the best of both worlds - the bush and the beach. Plus it's all within your reach. The towns of Jurien Bay, Cervantes, Badgingarra, Dandaragan and Regans Ford are all in the Shire of Dandaragan.

Just imagine beautiful white sand and gorgeous turquoise water or the peace and tranquility of nature when inland.

We are home to the Pinnacles but don't forget our other tourist attractions such as the National Parks, walk trails, wildflowers, lookouts, natural beaches and heritage buildings.

The Beginning

The name Dandaragan is derived from the title of a watering hole, 9km north of the present townsite of Dandaragan, called "Dandaraga" Spring, which, according to local Aboriginal language, meant "good kangaroo" country.

The first recorded land lease was granted to William Brockman of Gingin, who in 1848 took out a 6000 acre lease at "Muchamulla" Spring, 6 miles east of Regans Ford. Brockman later abandoned this lease in favour of a 4000 acre lease at "Yatheroo" Spring. From this time on, the Shire of Dandaragan was gradually settled as more pastoral leases were granted.

The Shire Of Dandaragan has a total estimated population of 2,883. This figure is based on 'place of usual residence'  from Census data collected in June 2006. Council currently has approximately 2,030 electors with 2,375 dwellings.

The Jurien Bay Administration Centre phone number is (08) 9652 0800 and the Dandaragan office is (08) 9651 4010.