Ajana

Ajana is a townsite within the Shire of Northampton in Western Australia.

Ajana is a townsite within the Shire of Northampton in Western Australia. It is located at the junction of Ajana-Kalbarri Road and Ajana Back Road, 53 kilometres (33 mi) by road north of Northampton and 531 kilometres (330 mi) west-northwest of Perth in the Mid West region.

The name Ajana is Aboriginal in origin and is thought to be either the Nanda name for the area or to be derived from a similar word meaning "mine".

Ajana was the terminus of an extension to the first government railway line in Western Australia. The line originally ran from Northampton to Geraldton; it was extended to Ajana to encourage the development of lead mining and agriculture in the area. The station opened on 6 January 1913, and the townsite was declared on 26 November 1915.A telegraph station, built in 1845 at nearby Mount View Station, provided early communications for the town. A post office was established in 1922, and a school was built in the town in 1944. The railway line and Ajana station closed on 29 April 1957.