Buntine, Western Australia

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Buntine is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about Template:Convert north of Perth, the state capital, along the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Dalwallinu.

The name Buntine was first used in 1910 as the name of a nearby hill. In 1913, it was applied to a railway siding on the railway line between Wongan Hills and Mullewa, at the suggestion of District Surveyor J P Camm. The town of Buntine was gazetted in 1916.<ref>Template:LandInfo WA</ref>

In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A local bulk wheat bin was opened in the town in December 1949 just in time for the harvesting season with Template:Convert being received on the first day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>