Dattening, Western Australia

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

Dattening
Western Australia
Dattening
Coordinates32.533°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

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 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.[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 Blocks". The 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 11 April 2011.
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