{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Cataby | state = wa | image = Cataby roadhouse 2003.jpg | caption = Cataby roadhouse | lga = Shire of Dandaragan | local_map = yes | zoom = 10 | coordinates = {{coord|-30.72|115.424|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | postcode = 6507 | est = | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | area = {{wikidata|property|raw|P2046}} | stategov = Moore | fedgov = Durack | dist1 = 170 | dir1 = N | location1= Perth }}

'''Cataby''' is a small settlement approximately {{convert|170|km|-1}} north of Perth, Western Australia on the Brand Highway. The area was once called West Dandaragan,<ref>[http://getaway.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=52291 Perth to Monkey Mia drive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617121721/http://getaway.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?ID=52291# |date=17 June 2005 }} ninemsn.com.au, accessed: 24 May 2010</ref> with the town of Dandaragan located 17&nbsp;km to the east.

The Cataby Important Bird Area, which supports an important breeding population of the short-billed black cockatoo, lies 2&nbsp;km south-east of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Cataby |access-date=8 July 2012 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>

Tronox have a titanium mine site at Cooljarloo, near Cataby. Concentrate is transported by road train to the processing facility at Chandala, near Muchea.

The area has also been explored for mineral sands.<ref>Cataby Mineral Sands Project : Iluka Resources Limited / report and recommendations of the Environmental Protection Authority. Perth, W.A. : Environmental Protection Authority, 2005. Bulletin, 1030-0120 ; 1212 "December 2005" Title on CD-ROM: Cataby Mineral Sands Project environmental protection statement / Iluka. {{ISBN|0-7307-6853-8}}</ref>

The town was threatened by a bushfire in 2010, which closed the Brand Highway for a few hours; the fire was contained shortly afterward.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/11/19/3071465.htm|title=Cataby Bushfire Contained|date=28 November 2010|access-date=28 March 2013|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Towns Wheatbelt South WA}}

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Category:Mining towns in Western Australia Category:Towns in Western Australia Category:Shire of Dandaragan