It is on Dawesley Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River, and the old Princes Highway between Nairne and Kanmantoo.

[3] The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Dawesley had 259 people living within its boundaries.

[2] The town was laid out by William Bower Dawes and sold at the District Hotel, Nairne, on 4 May 1857.

[4] Mount Beevor station, once held by T. Hope Murray, is nearby.

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