The town's location in the Margaret River Wine Region provides easy access to many wineries and breweries.

The town is a favoured destination for annual school leavers in Western Australia, the other frequent choice being Rottnest Island.

Those living on the coast were called Wardandi (sea people), and their language recorded as Burron Wongi.

When Dunsborough first appeared on a map in 1839 it was spelt "Dunnsbro" but the extra "n" seems to have disappeared by 1850, and the spelling of "bro" was amended to "borough" when the name was gazetted on 29 April 1879.

[5] In the 1920s the family built Seymour's Cottages, which were among the first holiday houses in the area; they were also relocated toMillbrook Farm.