Dalwallinu, Western Australia is a wheatbelt town located 248 km from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. 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 Mullewa. The Great Northern Highway, the longest highway in Australia Great Northern Highway is a Western Australia highway extending from Perth to the Northern Territory border. ... Mullewa townsite is located in the northern agricultural region, 450 km north of Perth and 98 km east north east of Geraldton. ...
The Shire of Dalwallinu is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. Local Government Areas of Western Australia There are 144 Local Governments in Western Australia (including Christmas Island and Cocos Islands), represented by the Western Australian Local Government Association External link Statoids on Australia Shires Categories: Local Government Areas of Western Australia ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...
On 28 April 1998 the Shire of Dalwallinu in WesternAustralia adopted Acacia anthochaera (‘Kimberly’s Wattle’) as its official floral emblem.
Dalwallinu is located 250 km northeast of Perth on the Great Northern Highway and is at the centre of the most species-rich area on earth for Acacia.
Dalwallinu now has two emblems, wheat (which is the Shire emblem) and Wattle (the Shire’s floral emblem) and the recently constructed town entry statements on the Great Northern Highway at both the northern and southern approaches to the town, reflect this dual badging.
Dalwallinu is a sheep and wheat farming town located three hours' drive north of Perth along the Great Northern Highway.
Dalwallinu is the first town along the Wildflower Way, a route that stretches north to Mullewa and showcases beautiful wildflowers carpeting the countryside.
Previous to European settlement, the first known occupants of the land which now comprises the Shire of Dalwallinu were Aboriginal groups who had no strict boundaries, but used the area for hunting and gathering in the nomadic fashion.