Tammin

History

The first European to settle in the area was John Packham in 1893. The railway to Southern Cross was constructed through the area in 1894–95, and Tammin was one of the original stations when the line opened in 1895. As the surrounding area developed for agriculture, there was sufficient demand for land in the area for the government to declare a townsite, and the Tammin townsite was gazetted in 1899. Tammin is an Aboriginal name derived from the nearby Tammin Rock, a name first recorded by the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt in 1864. The rock possibly derives its name from the "Tammar", the Aboriginal name of the "black gloved wallaby", which was once found in this area. Another source records it as possibly meaning "a grandmother or a grandfather". The local Agricultural Hall was opened in 1911 by the Minister of Agriculture. 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.

Most-observed species

• Australian Ringneck

  Barnardius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) · Aves
  78
• Australian Raven

  Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  63
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  61
• Yellow-throated Miner

  Manorina flavigula (Gould, 1840) · Aves
  51
• Singing Honeyeater

  Gavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  46
• Weebill

  Smicrornis brevirostris (Gould, 1838) · Aves
  41
• Pied Butcherbird

  Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould, 1837) · Aves
  41
• Brown Honeyeater

  Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  37

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-27
  32 km NW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.2 — 2025-03-27
  57 km WNW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4 — 2025-01-25
  59 km ENE of York, Australia
• M 4.1 — 2024-10-02
  50 km NW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2024-08-18
  70 km WNW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.6 — 2024-08-18
  62 km WNW of Merredin, Australia