Arrino is a small town in the

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region of

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. The town is located between Mingenew and Three Springs on the Midlands Road. The name of the town is Aboriginal in origin; it is the name of the local springs, thought to mean "place of many granite hills". The name first appeared in charts in 1859 and was also the name of a property established by an early settler, NW Cooke, in 1876. The townsite was gazetted in 1904. Plans for a school and quarters to be built were drawn up in 1905 with an estimated cost of £325. Flooding occurred at Arrino in 1932 following a torrential downpour that caused the Arrowsmith River and surrounding creeks to rise and flood a few hours later. A section of the railway between Arrino and Three Springs was washed away as a result, closing the line for several days. Later the same year massive

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swept across the surrounding areas destroying crops and bushland; about of countryside were burnt out. More fires were started the following year (1933), resulting in another of farmland being lost to the flames. The main industry in town is

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farming, with the town being a

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receival site.

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