Arrino is a small town in the
Mid West
The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to east of W ...
region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. 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
The Arrowsmith River lies within the Mid West region of Western Australia.
The explorer George Grey found the river on 11 April 1839, on his second expedition along the west coast. He named it after the distinguished English cartographer John ...
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
bushfires
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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
wheat
Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...
farming, with the town being a
Cooperative Bulk Handling
The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym
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receival site.
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Towns in Western Australia
Grain receival points of Western Australia
Shire of Three Springs