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About Nanson

The townsite of Nanson is located in the Chapman Valley, 455 kilometres north of Perth and 34 kilometres northeast of Geraldton. The district was first settled in the 1850s when Michael Morrissey established "Mt. Erin", but it was not until 1909 when the Government planned the Upper Chapman railway that there was a move for a townsite in the area. In 1909 local farmers petitioned the Minister for Lands to lay out a townsite at the "12 1/2 mile siding" on the railway. When the railway was opened in 1910 the siding was named Lauder Siding after a local farmer, but residents in the area petitioned the Minister for Lands to name the proposed townsite "Nansonville", after John Leighton Nanson MLA who was the local Member of Parliament, and also Attorney-General in 1910. The Minister agreed to the townsite being named Nanson, and it was gazetted in October 1910. The siding name was changed by the Railway Department in 1912 to Mount Erin, as this was the name locally used for the place. In 1915 confusion between the siding and townsite names resulted in the siding being renamed Nanson.

Nanson quick stats

  • Postcode

    6532

  • Population

    121

  • Local government

    Chapman Valley

Suburb prices

Median price data last updated 5 June 2026 containing transactions for the 12 month period ending May 2026
Source: Landgate/REIWA

Buy

$480,000

  • 2BR

    $575K

  • 4BR

    $385K

Sales data is annual up to the latest completed month. Rental data is year-on-year 3-month rolling up to the latest completed month. Data in this graph is revised as more transactions are settled.
Source: Landgate/REIWA

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Nearby schools

Chapman Valley Primary School Primary Government 7.6km
Leaning Tree Steiner School Combined Non-government 18.8km
Waggrakine Primary School Primary Government 21.1km
Geraldton Christian College Combined Non-government 23.9km
Bluff Point Primary School Primary Government 23.9km
Meekatharra School Of The Air Primary Distance 24km
St Lawrence's Primary School Primary Non-government 24.2km
Northampton District High School Combined Government 25.6km
Geraldton Grammar School Combined Non-government 25.9km
Allendale Primary School Primary Government 26km

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