Dattening Western Australia
Dattening
Coordinates	32°31′59″S 116°53′35″E / 32.533°S 116.893°E / -32.533; 116.893
Established	1908
Postcode(s)	6308
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Location	178 km (111 mi) ESE of Perth 20 km (12 mi) W of Pingelly
LGA(s)	Shire of Pingelly
State electorate(s)	Wagin
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Dattening is a small town in the Shire of Pingelly, between Boddington and Pingelly in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

During the 1890s a farmer named Norris Taylor sunk a well in the locality and the area was initially known as Taylor's Well.^[1]

By 1906 the local progress association petitioned for a townsite to be surveyed and blocks were subdivided in 1907. Blocks were sold in 1908 with 20 "working men's blocks" being put on the market with prices between £8 and £14.^[2] The name, Dattening, was suggested as an alternative to Taylor's Well after this name had been rejected because it duplicated the name of a town in South Australia. The Morambine Road Board suggested the name Dattening, being the Aboriginal name of a spring in the vicinity of the well. The meaning of the name is unknown. The town was gazetted in 1908.^[3][4] The town residents petitioned for the name of the town to be changed to Taylor's Well in 1925,^[5] and 1929 but were unsuccessful on both occasions.