other men
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.
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Read some of their stories by clicking below…
APPLIN, Thomas Edward
Thomas Edward and Christian Martha Applin and their eight children sailed from Liverpool to Fremantle in Western Australia in 1912. Continue reading.
BATTERSBY, John
John Battersby (Jack) worked on farms, then at the Katanning Flour Mills saving to buy a succession of larger farms of his own. Continue reading
BEECK, Sir Marcus Truby
Sir Marcus Truby Beeck (1923-1986), farmer, grains industry leader and company director, was born on 28 December 1923 at Gannawarra. Continue reading.
CALDWELL, John Norman
John Norman Caldwell (19 December 1934 – 2 August 2000) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a National Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1986 to 1993. Continue Reading
COOK, John Collin Cooper
John Cook and his wife Mary emigrated from England to Albany where John took up a job as train driver before moving to Katanning to become Licensee of the Katanning Hotel. Continue reading
De MARCHI, Dr Neil
Neil De Marchi is an Australian economist and historian of economic thought and is a Professor at Duke University. He was born in Katanning on 25 December 1938 and was educated in Katanning before attending the University of Western Australia . Continue reading
Neil De Marchi
DUFF, The Reverend Father
Again he reached Perth, and after a short respite he went to the Katanning district, which kept him within its confines twelve months. In that time great progress was made. Continue reading.
FREETH, Sir Gordon
Gordon Freeth, Minister for External Affairs, set up as a barrister and solicitor at Katanning, WA. Continue reading.
Listen to an interview of Gordon Freeth by: John Ferrell (Interviewer) of Australia. Department of the Parliamentary Library HERE.
GABY, Alfred Edward VC
Alfred Edward Gaby VC (25 January 1892 – 11 August 1918) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award. Continue reading
GRATWICK, Percy VC
Percival Eric “Percy” Gratwick, VC (19 October 1902 – 26 October 1942) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Gratwick was born in Katanning, Western Australia on 19 October 1902, the fifth son of the local postmaster. Leaving school at the age of 16, he took up various jobs which included a period as a messenger at Parliament House. Later he worked as a blacksmith, a drover and a prospector. Continue reading
HALPIN, George
George Halpin, a long-term resident of Katanning and highly regarded agricultural researcher with the Department of Agriculture in Katanning, passed away on 11 July 1997. Continue reading.
HEBERLE BROTHERS
The four brothers where the sons of Leslie and Eva Elizabeth Heberle. They also had a sister, Phyllis May Heberle. Continue reading
HOBBS, Joseph John Talbot
Lieutenant General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs was an Australian architect, First World War general, and the architect of the Katanning Roller Flour Mill for Frederick Piesse. Continue reading
HOUSE, Dr Frederick Maurice
Dr. House moved to Katanning in 1893 and was the first D.M.O. and the Resident Magistrate, with the family living in a house on the site of the present Infant Health Clinic. Continue reading
LETTON, Brian
In 1989, Brian began his professional career as a full-time entertainer after a decade working as a part-time musician with various local bands. Continue reading.
McLEOD, George
George McLeod was a convict from Scotland who made something of his life. His son George Jnr was a prominent businessman and community member having rebuilt the Katanning Hotel after it was destroyed by fire. Continue reading
McPHEE, Mark
Mark William McPhee (born 25 January 1964 in Katanning, Western Australia; died 15 August 1999 in Gingin, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia from 1984 to 1999. Continue reading
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NALDER, Sir Crawford David
Sir Crawford David Nalder (14 February 1910 – 8 December 1994) was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Western Australia from 1962 to 1971. He was leader of the Country Party in Western Australia from 1962 to 1973. Nalder was born in Katanning, Western Australia. A farmer, he was elected to Legislative Assembly at the 1947 state election, winning the seat of Wagin. He switched to the seat of Katanning at the 1950 election. Continue reading
NAZARY (Zelphy) Zelfagar
Nazary moved to Australia with his family and where he lived in Katanning, Western Australia and played for clubs in Albany, Western Australia. Read more
Living the soccer dream
Katanning’s Zelphy Nazary is living the dream of any budding soccer star. Since October last year, Nazary has been in the UK taking part in a training academy program. The 19-year-old was invited by the Football CV Academy to take part in the course. Read the full story
OLD, Richard (Dick) Charles
Richard Charles “Dick” Old (3 December 1922 – 29 June 2007) was a Western Australian politician and businessman who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1974 to 1986.Old was born in Katanning, Western Australia. Continue reading
PICKETT, Allistair
Allistair Pickett started his football career as a youngster with the Australs Football Club in Katanning. No player in the AFL era has made such an impression in the WAFL playing for West Perth, Peel and Subiaco. Continue reading
PIESSE, Charles Austin
Charles Austin Piesse was a businessman and a member in the Legislative Council for the South-east Province of Western Australia. He was in partnership with his brother Frederick in the business Messrs. F. and C. Piesse before severing his ties and moving to Wagin. Continue reading
PIESSE, Frederick Henry
Frederick Henry Piesse, CMG (6 December 1853 – 29 June 1912) was a farmer, businessman and politician who is credited with much of the early development of the region around Katanning. Continue reading
PIESSE, Harold Vivian
Harold Vivian Piesse, the son of Frederick Henry Piesse, was born 12 July 1884 in Williams and the family moved to Katanning 1889 where. Continue reading
QUARTERMAINE, Elijah
Elijah Quartermaine is considered the first settler in the district of Katanning and is also known to have taken up 5,000 acres in Narrogin in 1860. In 1851 he was grazing 1,900 sheep and, finding abundant water and feed for his sheep in the area, Quartermaine permanently settled and was the first to secure land (1852). Continue reading
QUARTERMAINE, Alan R
Alan Quartermaine was born in Katanning and went on to win the Sandover Medal playing for the East Perth Football Club. Continue reading
THOMAS, Eric George
Eric George Thomas was born 10th April 1911 in Fremantle, the oldest child of George and May Thomas. He passed away in Albany on 2nd July 1993. Eric married Katanning girl Joyce Butler on the 5th June 1937, at the Methodist church in Katanning. Eric and Joyce had four children; Janet, Alan, Ian and Linton. Continue reading
THOMSON, Alexander (Alec)
Alexander Thomson, known as Alec Thomson, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1914 until 1930. Continue reading (Working life)
Alec Thomson
THOMSON, Jack
Jack McIntosh Thomson (11 June 1907 – 19 June 1997) was born in Katanning, the son of Alexander Thomson. He was a Western Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1950 to 1974, representing South Province. Continue reading
ROGERS, William John
William John Rogers was an important member of the Katanning community and a very successful retailer who began with modest premises and expanded . Continue reading
PORCELLI, Pietro Giacoma
Pietro Giacoma Porcelli was born in Bisceglie, Bari, Italy. His family migrated to Australia and Pietro Porcelli studied at the New South Wales Academy of Art. Continue reading.
RICHARDSON, Robert
Robert Richardson was born on December 30, 1862, at Dalveen, South Australia, to William and Jane (nee Rhind) Richardson. He married. Continue reading
WAKE BROTHERS : Lindsay Morgan & John Cecil
John Cecil and Lindsay Morgan Wake were popular mechanics, engineers and inventors having invented the orbital engine and the Turntite Gate amongst many other things. Continue reading.
WATTS, Arthur Frederick
Arthur Frederick Watts (1897-1970), lawyer and politician, was born on 26 May 1897 at Islington, London, son of Arthur Joseph Watts, dentist, and his wife Martha Kathleen, née Bradfield. In 1906 the family migrated to Perth, and then settled at Katanning. Continue reading
WILSON, Richard (Rick) James
Richard (Rick) James Wilson is the Federal Liberal Member for O’Connor after he was elected in September 2013. Born on 2 January, 1966, he is one of six children and was raised on the family’s farm “Indinup” (originally called “Springfield”) in Katanning which was cleared by his great-grandfather, William Grover, in 1867. Continue reading
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