Dattening, Western Australia

Dattening
Western Australia
Dattening
Coordinates 32°31′59″S 116°53′35″E / 32.533°S 116.893°E / -32.533; 116.893Coordinates: 32°31′59″S 116°53′35″E / 32.533°S 116.893°E / -32.533; 116.893
Established 1908
Postcode(s) 6308
Elevation 320 m (1,050 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Pingelly
State electorate(s) Wagin
Federal Division(s) O'Connor

Dattening is a small town located between Boddington and Pingelly in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

During the 1890s a farmer named Norris Taylor sunk a well in the locality and the area was initially known as Taylor's Well. By 1906 the local progress association petitioned for a townsite to be surveyed and blocks were subdivided in 1907. Blocks were sold in 1908 with 20 Working Men's blocks being put on the market with prices between £8 and £14.[1] The name, Dattening, was suggested as an alternative to Taylor's Well after this name had been rejected since it duplicated the name of a town in South Australia. The Mourambine road board suggested the name Dattening which was the Aboriginal name of a spring which is in the vicinity of the well. The meaning of the name is unknown. The town was gazetted in 1908.[2]

The town residents petitioned for the name of the town to be changed to Taylor's Well in 1925 and 1929 but were unsuccessful on both occasions.

References

  1. "Working Men's Bolcks". Sunday Times (Perth: National Library of Australia). 12 April 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – D". Retrieved 2011-04-11.
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