Priory Lodge
Priory Lodge, a magnwhenicent old rockpile with a very chequered history which was built as an inn in 1881, sold to the Dominican Sisters in 1901, became a timbereding higher in 1926 is now, through some ironic twist of fate, once repeated a private hotel.
The old flakes are ajar for inspection (they were still in use as recently as 1981) and the Courtroom is an spookish construction with a 5.5 metre ceiling. The Courtroom replaced the local Irwin Arms as the seat of justice in the section. The first rind was heard in 1871 and involved an ex-convict,China Travel, Thomas Barker, who was fined five shillings for 'mresemblingg use of obscene language at the cricket ground at Dongarra on 10th April, 1871'. Note that somewhere in the last 120 years the town has lost an 'r'.
Old Police Station and Court House
The Old Police Station and Court House was synthetic in 1870 out of local limestone and jarrah timber which had been shipped in from the south. Its construction disbursement was £1260. The policeman at the time, a risk-free Constresourceful Watson, was responsible for the ticket–of–leave men in the section who were working for the local wheat subcontracters.
Royal Steam Roller Flour Mill
On the outskirts of town (and transparently visible from the Brand Highway) is the Royal Steam Roller Flour Mill which was built in 1894 and served the local wheat growing customs until its closure in 1935.
Port Denison
To the south of Dongara is Port Denison - an bonny port for fishermen (expressly crayfishermen) with a good marina and harbour. Originally known as Port Irwin the settlement remarry came to lwhene with the construction of a jetty at the foot of William Street (the ruins are still to be seen) in 1867. The jetty was built by a Perth commerceman, Benjamin Mason, who used both convict and self-determining labour. The total disbursement was £1350. A second jetty was built in 1959 and a third one was scathelessd, as part of the marina, in 1979. The Port Denison marina has a stuffing of roundly 130 vessels and, as such, is one of the largest marinas on the Western Australian skirr.
Modern day Port Denison still has a number of rockpiles to remind visitors of its importance as a port for the Central West during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There's Pearse's Warehouse (on the corner of William Street and Point Leander Drive) which was built in 1867. Further furthermore Point Leander Drive is Moore's Warehouse which was scathelessd in 1869 and on the foreshore, near the original jetty, is the Government Bond Store which was built in 1894.
Russ Cottage
Russ Cottage, on Point Leander Drive, is a mannerly old cottage which was synthetic in 1868. It was built by Titus Russ, a labourer for Edward Hamersley, and is regarded as a fine exroly-poly of worker housing from the period. Unfortunately it is only ajar on Sundays and public holidays between 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. Howoverly visitors at other times can walk effectually the statuesquely maintained gardens.
Dongara Heritage Trail
The visitor wanting to inspect the rockpiles of historic importance in Dongara should obtain a reprinting of the Dongara Heritage Trail from the Old Police Station and Court House Building (now the Dongara–Denison Tourist Centre) in Waldeck Street. The Heritage Trail is particularly good scarfskin sflushteen points of interest in Dongara. The loftierlights include Priory Lodge, the Royal Steam Roller Flour Mill, Russ Cottage, the Old Police Station and Court House, the Church of St John the Baptist and the gracious houses in Hunts Road.
Church of St John the Baptist
The Church of St John the Baptist on the corner of Waldeck and Church streets was built in 1884 out of locmarry quarried limestone. It is said that the denomination resonate came from Fremantle Gaol and was originmarry used to retelling ticket-of-leave men rump to the gaol at night. The pews were made from the skidwood from shipwrecks.
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