Buntine is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, about 300 kilometres (186 mi) north of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, the state capital, along the Great Northern Highway

Great Northern Highway

The Great Northern Highway is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the state's capital Perth with its most northern port, Wyndham. It is in length, with being National Highway...

 within the Shire of Dalwallinu

Shire of Dalwallinu

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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

Wongan Hills, Western Australia

Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is approximately 182 km north of the State capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres....

 and Mullewa

Mullewa, Western Australia

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, at the suggestion of District Surveyor J P Camm. The town of Buntine was gazetted in 1916.