Trayning is a town located in the north-eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, 236 kilometres (147 mi) east of the state capital, Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, between the towns of Wyalkatchem

Wyalkatchem, Western Australia

Wyalkatchem townsite is located in the central agricultural region, east north east of Perth and east of Dowerin. At the 2006 census, Wyalkatchem had a population of 344....

 and Nungarin

Nungarin, Western Australia

Nungarin is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and north of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Nungarin. At the 2006 census, Nungarin had a population of 142.-History:...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Trayning had a population of 122.

History

When the Dowerin

Dowerin, Western Australia

Dowerin is a town and shire located north-east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus...

 to Merredin

Merredin, Western Australia

-Economy:The agricultural land around Merredin produces 40% of Western Australia’s wheat quota. As a focal point for the region, Merredin’s local bulk handling co-operative receives and processes in excess of a million tonnes of grain every year...

 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'. people

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 and
a boy

Politics

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

External links

• Shire of Trayning
• Australia's Golden Outback - Trayning
• Groundwater study of the Trayning townsite (Department of Agriculture)