[2] Surveyor General John Septimus Roe first surveyed the region in 1836 and he was followed by sandalwood cutters and stockmen, but it was not until 1908 that the first permanent settlers arrived.

[citation needed] The name "Bencubbin" comes from the Aboriginal word for "place of the snakes" and is now applied to the rock to the north of the town.

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.

Due to such a large influx of immigrants from western Europe, the main religion today in Bencubbin are denominations of Christianity, specifically Anglican (35.1%), Catholic (18.9%), Uniting Church (9.1%) and 21.3% state no religious affiliation.

[13] It was uncovered whilst ploughing on newly cleared land destined to be a wheat farm just 15 kilometres north-west of Bencubbin.

fragments of the meteorite reside in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.[14] Media related to Bencubbin, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons