Dalwallinu, Western Australia
Dalwallinu is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located 248 km from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. Agriculture and supporting industries are the town's primary economic activities. The town is the first town on the Wildflower Way, a tourist route that stretches north to Mullewa. The town has an elevation of 335 metres. At the 2016 census, Dalwallinu had a population of 699.The name of the town comes from the Aboriginal word... Show more that means "place to wait a while" or possible "goodlands". The first inhabitants of the area were Aboriginal people who used the area for hunting and gathering. The Badimaya people lived in the northern areas of the shire and the Karlamaya peoples inhabited the southern areas.Originally called South Nugadong, the town was officially gazetted in 1914.The first Europeans to arrive were Benedictine monks who came from New Norcia to graze their sheep...