Story: Nullagine
Episode: Episode 4
Presenter: Emma George
Air Date: 24th July 2022

• Prior to the arrival of Europeans the Martu Aboriginal people had been living in the area for at least 30,000 years.
• About 189 km north east of Newman and 100 km south-west of Marble Bar, it’s a great spot to rest when travelling through the Pilbara.
• The town became part of the general goldrush to the Pilbara in the 1880s and 1890s and between 1895-1914 it boasted three hotels, a number of general stores, 8 gold stamping batteries and a population which peaked at 3,000 - at one point it was larger than Marble Bar.
• In 1899 Nullagine was officially gazetted by the state government.
• In 1902 Nullagine was the site of Australia's first discovery of diamonds.
• By 1914 the town had a population of around 3,000, three hotels and eight stamper batteries.
• Once known as The Conglomerate Hotel. Which earned its name from a mining term given to the unusual goldbearing country surrounding Nullagine. The area became known as the conglomerates.

For more information, please visit:
https://www.nullaginehotel.com/