Dattening, Western Australia

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Dattening
Western Australia
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Dattening
Dattening, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°31′59″S116°53′35″E / 32.533°S 116.893°E / -32.533; 116.893
Established1908
Postcode(s) 6308
Elevation320 m (1,050 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Pingelly
State electorate(s) Wagin
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Dattening is a small town in the Shire of Pingelly, 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. [1]

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. [2] The name, Dattening, was suggested as an alternative to Taylor's Well after this name had been rejected because it duplicated the name of a town in South Australia. The Morambine Road Board suggested the name Dattening, being the Aboriginal name of a spring in the vicinity of the well. The meaning of the name is unknown. The town was gazetted in 1908. [3] [4] The town residents petitioned for the name of the town to be changed to Taylor's Well in 1925, [5] and 1929 but were unsuccessful on both occasions.

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References

  1. "Taylors Well Notes". The Pingelly Leader . Vol. XVII, no. 825. Western Australia. 11 October 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Working Men's Blocks". The Sunday Times . Perth: National Library of Australia. 12 April 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. "History of country town names – D". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. "Dattening News". The Pingelly Leader . Vol. XVII, no. 861. Western Australia. 26 June 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Pingelly Road Board". The Pingelly Leader . Vol. XVIII, no. 897. Western Australia. 2 April 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2024 via National Library of Australia.