About Corrigin Dog Cemetery
The Corrigin Dog Cemetery is a small community pet cemetery located on Dog Cemetery Road just outside Corrigin in Western Australia's Wheatbelt, about 229 km east of Perth. Established in 1974, it contains dozens of marked graves for pet and working dogs, each with personalized headstones and tributes. The site reflects the region's strong connection to dogs and has become an unusual roadside tourist attraction for visitors to Corrigin.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect an open, fenced rural paddock on the edge of town containing dozens of small graves marked with headstones, plaques, toys, and personal tributes to pet and farm dogs. The setting is quiet and bushland-fringed with unsealed paths between graves. There are information signs explaining the cemetery's origin. Visitors can walk among the graves, read inscriptions, and take photographs. It is an outdoor, self-guided site with no buildings.
Key highlights
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Community pet cemetery established in 1974 with dozens of dog graves
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Personalized headstones, plaques and tributes left by owners
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Rural Wheatbelt setting on Dog Cemetery Road just outside Corrigin townsite
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Information signage explaining the history of the cemetery
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Unusual roadside attraction linked to Corrigin's dog-themed identity