Where is Woodanilling?

Woodanilling is located on the Great Southern Highway:
• 252 km south east of Perth
• 199 km north east of Albany
• 24 km north of Katanning
• 30 km south of Wagin

What is Woodanilling like?

Woodanilling is a small rural community of approximately 420 people. The major industries are agriculturally-based, especially raising wool. Land care is a critical issue and major employer in the area. 

Woodanilling is peaceful is a popular area for bird watching and has reserves bursting with native and rare wildflowers.

The small town boasts heritage buildings including the general store, town hall and blacksmith shop.  The Pioneer Heritage Trail offers a pleasant walk around the township.

There are limited services in Woodanilling. There is a general store, hotel and caravan park.

A little bit of history 

The Woodanilling district was first explored by Europeans in 1830/31, when Captain Thomas Bannister led the first overland expedition from Perth to King George Sound.

Further exploration was undertaken by surveyor General John Septimus Roe in 1835 and Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy while looking for a large inland sea, which supposedly existed between southeast of York.

Woodanilling was named after a spring in the Boyerine Creek one kilometre south of the townsite. This spring, situated among the casuarinas and flood gums, used to flow into a beautiful pool which became the gathering place for the districts new settlers. It became known as Round Pool.

Woodanilling is an Aboriginal name, first recorded as the alternative name of Round Pool in 1874.

A townsite named Woodanilling was gazetted in February 1892.

Woodanilling links

Woodanilling Hidden Treasures

Shire of Woodanilling
Ph: (08) 9823 1506