14/07/202007/02/2023BITS N PIECES, COMMUNITY, GENERAL EARLY TOWN SETTLEMENT Early Town Settlement Looking across the railway yard towards Clive Street – 1901 Katanning was declared a town on June 10, 1898 […]
13/05/202007/02/2023BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY, NEIGHBOURS WOODANILLING AGRICULTURAL HALL Woodanilling Agricultural Hall From the inHerit website The hall was built to the west of the railway line and on the north […]
13/05/202007/02/2023BITS N PIECES, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, GENERAL ROAD BOARD NEWS Road Board News. Road Board News. Road Board News. Katanning Road Board’s first truck As the representative local government for the Katanning […]
07/05/202006/02/2023COMMUNITY, SPORT HOCKEY Hockey Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck […]
05/05/202005/10/2022BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY, MEN, PEOPLE VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE Volunteer Fire Brigade Australia is a country that relies heavily on volunteers for much of its community service. Local men and women […]
05/05/202007/05/2023CLUBS, COMMUNITY, SPORT, TRANSPORT KATANNING CAR CLUB Katanning car club A club was set up by Mr Herbert Brice Venning, the District Youth Organiser and Katanning Junior High School […]
03/05/202006/02/2023COMMUNITY, GENERAL, PEOPLE, WOMEN WOOL FESTIVAL QUEEN Wool Festival Queen 1954 YVONNE COVENTRY CROWNED QUEEN OF WOOL FESTIVAL£990 Raised for Anglican Church Great Southern Herald3 December, 1954 Months of […]
02/05/202006/02/2023CLUBS, COMMUNITY, PEOPLE, WOMEN COUNTRY WOMENS ASSOCIATION CWA Country Womens Association CWA The Katanning branch of the CWA was formed in 1930 and held its inaugural meeting on 19 May, […]
28/04/202004/02/2023BITS N PIECES, COMMUNITY, GENERAL, PEOPLE KATANNING ON FIRE Katanning on Fire. Katanning on Fire. Katanning on Fire. The Western Australian bush is has been prone to fires long before European […]
25/04/202025/09/2023BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY, GENERAL, PEOPLE AMBULANCE ambulance The St John Ambulance in Katanning was originally a part of the Railway Ambulance Corps and consisted mainly of railway workers. […]