Death and Legacy
In 1904, at the age of sixty-one, having prospected for all his adult life, Hannan was granted an annual pension of £150 by the Government of Western Australia. He ceased his prospecting activities in 1910, and moved to live with two nieces in Brunswick, Melbourne. He died there in 1925.
The main street and a suburb in Kalgoorlie both bear his name and in 1929 a statue of him by sculptor John MacLeod, was erected there. A popular Irish pub at the Burswood Entertainment Complex is also named after him.
There is a plaque dedicated to his memory opposite Quin Abbey, Quin, County Clare in the Republic of Ireland.
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