Trayning, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Trayning
state = wa
region = Wheatbelt


caption =
lga = Shire of Trayning
postcode = 6488
est = 1912
pop = 122
elevation=
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 236 | location1= Perth
dist2 = 44 | location2= Perthcoord|-31.112|117.792|type:city(122)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Trayning is a town located in the north-eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 236 kilometres (147 mi) east of the state capital, Perth, between the towns of Wyalkatchem and Nungarin.

History

When the Dowerin to Merredin railway was planned in 1910, Trayning was selected as the site for a siding. Land was set aside for a townsite to be named Trayning Siding in 1910, but when it was surveyed and gazetted in 1912 it was named Trayning. The townsite is named after Trayning Well, the Aboriginal name of a nearby water source located on an old road from Goomalling to the eastern goldfields. It was first recorded by a surveyor in 1892, and allegedly derives from the Aboriginal word 'During' meaning 'snake in the grass by the campfire'. [LandInfo WA|c|T|2007-02-21]

Present day

The town is a tourist base for exploring local wildflowers, has a single-officer police station, a K-7 primary school with 50 students that was opened in 1912, a 25-metre swimming pool and two 18-hole golf courses. An attraction is the annual Tractor Pull Mud Bog & Burnout.

Politics

Polling place statistics are shown below showing the votes from "Trayning" in the federal and state elections as indicated.

References

External links

* [http://www.trayning.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Trayning]
* [http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/en/Wheatbelt/Towns/Trayning/Trayning.htm Australia's Golden Outback - Trayning]
* [http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/LWE/SALIN/TOWNSAL/TR259.PDF Groundwater study of the Trayning townsite] (Department of Agriculture)