Cape Burney, also known as Greenough-on-Sea, is a coastal town and locality 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Geraldton, Western Australia

Western Australia

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 at the mouth of the Greenough River. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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 is the City of Greater Geraldton

City of Greater Geraldton

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. At the 2006 census

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, Cape Burney had a population of 399.

The locality was gazetted in 1985.

Cape Burney contains a caravan park, popular with surfers and recreational fishermen, as well as the Southgate Dunes to the north of the settlement which separate the settlement from Geraldton.