Kalannie, Western Australia

Kalannie is a small town in the Shire of Dalwallinu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 259 kilometres (161 mi) north-east of the state capital, Perth.

Kalannie Western Australia
Roche Street, Kalannie, 2014
Kalannie
Coordinates	30.36°S 117.12°E / -30.36; 117.12
Population	147 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1929
Postcode(s)	6468
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Area	711 km2 (275 sq mi)
Location	259 km (161 mi) north east of Perth 45 km (28 mi) east of Dalwallinu 70 km (43 mi) north east of Wongan Hills
LGA(s)	Shire of Dalwallinu
State electorate(s)	Moore
Federal division(s)	Durack

Kalannie was gazetted as a townsite in 1929. The name is Aboriginal, 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".^[2]

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.^[3]

The main resources in Kalannie are wheat and gypsum. Kalannie is connected to the narrow gauge rail network from a branch-line on the Amery to Kalannie railway line. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[4]