[5][3] As with most of the granite outcrops in the Wheatbelt, Elachbutting Rock rises from the ancient Yilgarn Craton, the geological plate underlying much of the southern Western Australia, that is between 2.5 and 3.5 billion years in age.
[1] The name is thought to mean that thing standing in the local Indigenous Australian dialect,[4] in reference to the rock being a prominent landmark in the landscape.
[6] Harry Anstey passed through the area in 1887 as he pioneered a route to the Yilgarn goldfields and noted that "at Eliajbudding, there is an enormous mass of rocks covering between 100 to 200 acres [40 to 81 ha] at which there are cockholes and two wells, and any amount of water that might be conserved".
[6] The site has a campsite, picnic table, a toilet,[1] and parking facilities, and a walk trail around the rock has been constructed by the Shire of Westonia and the Department of Environment and Conservation.
The top of the rock is a short walk or can also be reached by 4WD, offering a good view of wheat fields to the west and bushland to the east.