DALWALLINU
Dalwallinu
is a small crossroads Wheatbelt
production town that is encounted when heading north to Newman.
Agriculture and supporting industries are the town's primary
economic activities. The town is also the first town on The
‘Wildflower Way’, a world-famous Western Australian tourist route
which stretches north to the north of the state.

The wide avenue type
main street gives the town character.
The name of the town comes
from the Aboriginal word that means "place to wait a while" or
possible "goodlands". The first inhabitants of the area were nomadic
and had no set boundaries and the area was mostly used for hunting and
gathering. The Badima people lived in the northern areas of the shire
and the Galamaia peoples inhabited the southern areas.
The first Europeans to
arrive were Benedictine monks who came from New Norcia to graze their
sheep on the pastoral leases that they had taken up. The first
settlers arrived, hoping to develop the lands for wheat, in 1907. The
region was surveyed in 1909 and then opened for selection in 1910 with
crops being planted shortly afterward.

The Churches in Dalwallinu
are a mix of old, new and convenient.   
The Dalwallinu War
Memorial is in the main street and cannot be missed.
The Dalwallinu Hotels are
over 80 years old and of the classic for the Federation era.
Dalwallinu is a spot for a
coffee or refreshment should the timing be right. 
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