 It was first recorded by a surveyor in 1892, and allegedly derives from the Aboriginal word "During" meaning "snake in the grass by the campfire".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.Trayning was one of the first five locations of bulk wheat transport on the Western Australian Government Railways and consequently one of the starting points of the Co-operative Bulk Handling system of grain receival points.