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In the early days of Katanning, it would have been the men working hard to build a house (albeit, very rough to our standards of today), to clear the land, and to start growing crops and stock. Their womenfolk would probably have worked just as hard, both alongside their men, and in creating a home in that house, rearing their children, and looking after her family in conditions that we will never understand.

Over the years there have been many Katanning men and women who have achieved much in public life and within the community. Katanning has continued to grow and thrive into a major centre within the Great Southern region of Western Australia thanks to their efforts.

Many Katanning men have made an important mark in the history of our town, our state and, indeed, our country. Young men signed up and went off to war to defend the freedom of not only their own country but that of others around the world. They continue to do so today.

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Elijah Quartermaine
was our first settler after droving sheep to and from York and Beverley for twenty years.

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Frederick Henry Piesse
Arguably, the most prominent was Frederick Piesse. He is recognised as being the founder of Katanning and it is through his amazing business acumen and foresight that the town was able to grow into the thriving community it is today. Frederick Piesse was the first chairman of the Katanning Road Board (later Shire of Katanning) and represented the seat of Katanning in the Forrest State Government. He also acted as Premier and Opposition Leader for a short period and was Western Australia’s representative on the Federation Council.

Dr. F.M. House
was Katanning’s first doctor. He also set up the Katanning Boy’s Grammar School and the building was later to become Coleraine Hospital.

Robert Lawson Richardson
played a major role in the development of our retail industry when he took control of F.H. Piesse’s store in Austral Terrace. Under his leadership, the building was extended to abut the Katanning Hotel and was considered one of the finest out of the Perth metropolitan area.

Alexander Thomson
was a builder, building many of Katanning’s fine Federation homes, and he also represented Katanning in state parliament.

Alexander Thomson (Work)

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George McLeod
was the son of a convict, built the Katanning Hotel after the first hotel, built by Frederick Piesse, burnt to the ground. He was the longest serving member of the Katanning Road Board.

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ADAM, William Keith JP
BAKER, William Milsom
BARRETT, Rodney Leslie
BATTERSBY, John
BEECK, Emil Robert
BEECK, Gustav
BEECK, Heinrich Otto
BEECK, Sir Marcus Truby
BEECK, Herbert Percy
BEVILAQUA, William Earnest
BIRD, Sir Cyril Pangbourne
BIRD, Walter Pangbourne
BOLTO, Percy Leonard Ross
BOWES, Stephen
BRASSEY, Lord Thomas
CALDWELL, John Norman
CALDWELL, Oliver Andrew
CHAPELL, Richard Graham
CHARSLEY, Herbert John
CHIPPER, Thomas
COOK, John Colin Cooper
COOPER, Revel
CROSSLEY. Philip Henry
CULLEN, Joseph Francis
DE MARCHI, Dr. Neil
DEMPSTER, Parnell
DOAK, George
DUFF, Reverend Father
FAIRCLOUGH, James
FARMER, Athol [2]
FREETH, Sir Gorden
GABY, Alfred Gaby VC
GARE, Frank Marshall
GARSTONE, Thomas
GOODCHILD, Edmund Frank
GOODCHILD, George Salmon
GRATWICK, Percival VC
GROVER, William
HALPIN, George
HARRIS, Charles Arthur
HEBERLE Brothers
HENDRIKS, Liam Johnson
HOBBS, Sir Joseph John Talbot
HOLLAND, Dr. John Joseph
HOTCHIN, Sir Claude
HOUSE, Dr. Frederick Maurice
JULIUS, Garry
KENDALL, Glenn (Yogi)
KLEEMAN, Ray
LETTON, Brian
MALEY, Wesley
McFARLAND, Eric
McFEE, Mark
McLEOD, George Jnr [2]
MITTER, Frederick Josiah
MYDIE, Alep
NALDER, Sir Crawford David
NAZARY, (Zelphy) Zelfagar
NORRISH, Josiah
NORRISH, Thomas
O’HALLORAN, Kevin Nicholas
O’LEARY, Robert
OLD, Richard (Dick) Charles
PICKETT, Allistair
PIESSE, Arnold Edmond
PIESSE, Edmond Stephen
PIESSE, Charles Austin
PIESSE, Frederick Henry
PIESSE, Harold Vivien
POPE, Dr. Edward Campbell
POPE, John Campbell
PORCELLI, Pietro Giacoma
PROSSER, Alexander
QUARTERMAINE, Alan R
QUARTERMAINE, Eli
QUARTERMAINE, Elijah (Snr.)
QUARTERMAINE, Elijah Nigel
QUARTERMAINE, Frank Bennett
REID, Harold Lance
RICHARDSON, Robert Lawrence
RING, Markenan (Mark>
ROGERS, John William
SCHLOITHE, Haiden
SEWELL, Charles Edward
SKELTON, Michael Francis
SYNNOTT, Inglis
SYNNOTT, Francis Inglis (Bill)
THOMAS, Eric George
THOMSON, Alexander [Work]
THOMSON, Jack McIntosh
TODD, Arthur Stanley
TOMS, James (Jimmy)
TREE, Robert Griffiths
TRELEAVEN, Nicholas John Cole
WATTS, Arthur Frederick
VENNING, Herbert Brice
WATTS, Arthur Joseph
WAKE Brothers (John & Len)
WANKE, Charles Ferdinand
WANKE, John Ferdinand
WILHELM, Edward (Ted)
WILLIAMS, Mark
WILSON, Richard (Rick) James
WINNECKE, John Gotthold
WISBEY, Carlton
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Researching our local Katanning and surrounding districts history has developed into a big task. The Central Great Southern region has such a rich history dating back to the mid 1880s.

This website has been set up to preserve that history for future generations and for people to find that information and photographs in one place for their own research – particularly for family trees. I have many research sources available to me, however that is not always enough.

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