Buntine, Western Australia

Buntine, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Buntine
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Dalwallinu
postcode = 6613
est = 1913
pop =
elevation= 365
stategov = Moore
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 300 | dir1 = NNE | location1= Perth
coord|-29.986|116.568|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Buntine is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about convert|300|km|mi|0 north of Perth, the state capital, along the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Dalwallinu.

The name Buntine was first used in 1910 as the name of a nearby hill. In 1913, it was applied to a railway siding on the line between Wongan Hills and Mullewa, at the suggestion of District Surveyor J P Camm. The town of Buntine was gazetted in 1916.


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