Kalannie, Western Australia

Kalannie is a small town in the <a href="/facts/Shire_of_Dalwallinu/frkqnnpE">Shire of Dalwallinu</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Wheatbelt_(Western_Australia)/AKByLXsn">Wheatbelt</a> region of <a href="/facts/Western_Australia/1ouCbwNh">Western Australia</a>, approximately 259 kilometres (161 mi) north-east of the state capital, <a href="/facts/Perth/63YUr99S">Perth</a>.
Kalannie was gazetted as a townsite in 1929. The name is <a href="/facts/Aboriginal_Australians/DNAQ5z5m">Aboriginal</a>, and is in a list of names from the York area where the meaning is given as "where the Aboriginals got white stone for their spears".
In 1932 the <a href="/facts/CBH_Group/uwGhvMuH">Wheat Pool of Western Australia</a> announced that the town would have two <a href="/facts/Grain_elevators/MslLyN0c">grain elevators</a>, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.
The main resources in Kalannie are <a href="/facts/Wheat/lrk6HdV3">wheat</a> and <a href="/facts/Gypsum/MItYU70n">gypsum</a>. Kalannie is connected to the <a href="/facts/Narrow_gauge_railway/AM4D6E6I">narrow gauge</a> rail network from a <a href="/facts/Branch-line/uIDBV68X">branch-line</a> on the <a href="/facts/Amery_to_Kalannie_railway_line/fyK7NmWn">Amery to Kalannie railway line</a>. The town is a <a href="/facts/CBH_grain_receival_points/1dy89hHL">receival site</a> for <a href="/facts/Cooperative_Bulk_Handling/uwGhvMuH">Cooperative Bulk Handling</a>.

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Kalannie, Western Australia