![Wongan Hills Newsagency 25th Sept 1998](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2022-03/slwa_b2642700_1.jpg?itok=qbGg5fk3)
Small towns & regional cities
Wongan Hills is located 185km from Perth in the Shire of Wongan – Balidu in the Wheatbelt region. The shire falls within the traditional lands of the Ballardong Noongar and Yued Noongar people.
![King Bay Dampier Western Australia 1966](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-12/slwa_b6116900_2.jpg?h=3182bb80&itok=mbJHnZHu)
Small towns & regional cities
Dampier is a port town in the Pilbara region, twenty kilometres west of Karratha. It is named after the British explorer William Dampier who visited in 1699.