[2] The town is named after a miner, John Alexander Agnew, who worked for a local mining firm, Bewick, Moreing & Co.

The post office was part of the Emu mine premises and it was noted that the safe from which the money was stolen was found locked afterward.

[6] An old head frame of a stamp mill and the large tailing dumps of the East Murchison United gold mine also remain just outside the town.

[10] The Emu mine closed in 1948; ore breaking stopped late in January and employees received a one-month notice of dismissal.

Two suffered spinal injuries and the Royal Flying Doctor Service sent two planes to transfer the men to hospitals in Perth.