Wongan Hills, Western Australia
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View of Fenton Place, Wongan Hills, 2016 | |
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Interactive map of Wongan Hills | |
| Coordinates: 30°54′00″S 116°43′00″E / 30.90000°S 116.71667°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Established | 1911 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 236.2 km2 (91.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 725 (UCL 2021) |
| Postcode | 6603 |
| Mean max temp | 24.9 °C (76.8 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 361.8 mm (14.24 in) |
Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is approximately 182 km north of the state capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres.
The town is named for a nearby range of hills that are found to the north-west of the town, also named Wongan Hills, which was first recorded in 1836 by Surveyor General of Western Australia John Septimus Roe.