The Municipality of Nannine was a
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, centred on the mining town of
Nannine.
It was established on 22 July 1896, separating the townsite from the surrounding
Nannine Road District The Nannine Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields of the Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Reg ...
, following a petition from the Nannine Progress Committee. The first election was held on 23 September 1896, with J. H. F. Masterson becoming the inaugural chairman of the council. The council initially met in the Nannine Courthouse; an office for the town clerk in the town's Miners' Institute building was acquired in late 1897. A standalone council chambers on the corner of Marmion and Simpson streets was built 1900, along with a public pound.
It ceased to exist on 2 April 1913, when it merged into a revived Nannine Road District (the original road district having been abolished in 1909).
References
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Former local government areas of Western Australia