Signed access from highway. Enter through unlocked but closed
gate. Remains and
ruins of buildings, and railway platforms. HISTORY
The townsite of Nannine was located in the Murchison Goldfields region,30 km south south west of
Meekatharra. Gold was discovered in the Nannine area in 1890, the area being rich with gold, and by 1891 was the site of feverish activity.
In 1892
John Forrest, the Commissioner for Crown Lands decided to have lots surveyed and a townsite declared, although
Forrest referred to the place as "Annean", the name of a nearby pastoral station. When the local miners heard the auction of lots was to be in
Perth 85 of them petitioned
Forrest to have the auction in
Geraldton. The lots were surveyed in 1892, and the townsite named Nannine, as "it is situated 10
miles from Annean Station and 3
miles from Nannine Wells", and was also the name of the proposed electoral district and adjacent gold mining lease. The townsite was gazetted in April 1893. Nannine is an Aboriginal name, "Nannine Wells" being first recorded by a surveyor in 1889. The meaning of the name is not known.