Narrogin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 192 kilometres (119 mi) southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin.

In the age of steam engines, Narrogin was one of the largest railway operation hubs in the southern part of Western Australia.

The early years of settlement were hard, with farmers relying on sandalwood cutting and the bark from mallee trees (it was used as a tanning agent) to compensate for poor returns from wheat and sheep.

[citation needed] Narrogin remained a major rail centre until the late 1970s when competition from road transport saw a reduction in the railway's workforce.

[5][6] Narrogin's previous role as a major railway junction has acted as an attractor for agricultural service industries as well as government departments and agencies.

An annual race meeting was held on a shorter 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) circuit starting in 1948, replacing Pingelly as host of the Great Southern Flying 50.

Facilities were improved in recent years with the development of the Narrogin Leisure Complex, which houses a 25-metre (82 ft) indoor heated pool with leisure pool, gymnasium, café, squash courts, basketball stadiums as well as a world class wet synthetic hockey turf.

[13] During World War II, Narrogin was the location of RAAF No.25 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot, built in 1942 and closed on 14 June 1944.