15-621: The Gnowangerup Times was an English language newspaper published between 1912 and 1918 in Katanning, Western Australia by the Great Southern Herald publishers, for the community in Gnowangerup . The Gnowangerup Times was published from Katanning, with J.F. Cullen as editor and publisher. It was one of a few local newspapers from the same publisher - the Tambellup Times had
30-544: A castle-like structure which was built as a winery. The town's entrance features an antique truck loaded with imitation wool bales, a windmill, and several sculptures of sheep made from corrugated iron. The town has become a regional service centre for the Great Southern and services the nearby towns of Broomehill , Tambellup and Woodanilling plus several more. It contains three primary schools, Katanning Primary School, Braeside Primary School, and St Patrick's School, and
45-401: A girls' boarding school, is now a conference centre managed by the local Baptist church. Katanning features a unique playground of oversized structures named the "All Ages Playground". The town has many other attractions, including a state of the art recreation, leisure and function centre. Katanning has a relatively large Muslim population, of about 350 people, and consequently has a mosque,
60-465: A high school, Katanning Senior High School . Katanning railway station has an elevation of 1,024 feet (312 m) above sea level and a rail distance of 225 miles (362 km) from Perth . Katanning sits on the border between the warm-summer and the purely subtropical mediterranean varieties with January and February being just below 22 °C (72 °F). Under the Köppen climate classification it
75-527: A population of about 54,000. Its administrative centre is the historic port of Albany . It has a Mediterranean climate , with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The Stirling Range is the only place in Western Australia that regularly receives snowfalls , if only very light. The economy of the Great Southern is dominated by livestock farming, dairy farming and crop -growing. It has some of
90-463: A similar publication range of 1912-1924. Cullen, the editor, had a penchant for editorialising about Australian federal politics, and commented on the state of the parliamentary politics. Katanning, Western Australia Katanning is a town located 277 kilometres (172 mi) south-east of Perth , Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway . At the census of 2021 the population
105-747: Is classified as Csb . Great Southern (Western Australia) The Great Southern region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia , as defined by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 , for the purposes of economic development. It is a section of the larger south coast of Western Australia and neighbouring agricultural regions. The region officially comprises the local government areas of Albany , Broomehill-Tambellup , Cranbrook , Denmark , Gnowangerup , Jerramungup , Katanning , Kent , Kojonup , Plantagenet and Woodanilling . The Great Southern has an area of 39,007 square kilometres (15,061 sq mi) and
120-516: The Katanning Mosque . The vast majority of local Muslims originated in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands , and travelled to Katanning to work in the local abattoir, which was established in the late 1970s. Other religious buildings include churches from Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventist, Uniting, and Wesleyan denominations, along with a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. The town has
135-581: The area in 1835 en route from Perth to Albany . In about 1870, sandalwood cutters moved into the area but they did not settle. It was not until the development of the Great Southern Railway , a land grant railway built by the West Australian Land Company from Beverley to Albany in 1889, that the township came into existence. The townsite was initially developed by the West Australian Land Company. The state government purchased
150-559: The by-then dilapidated building and turned it into a hotel and restaurant that opened in 2018. Katanning remains an important centre on the Great Southern Railway to Albany. A statue of Frederick Henry Piesse (by sculptor Pietro Porcelli ) was erected in 1916 and stands beside the railway line in Austral Terrace. The Piesse family constructed a regal mansion which was named "Kobeelya" and after being used for many years as
165-544: The most productive cereal grain and pastoral land in the state, and is a major producer of wool and lamb . Albany is a major fishing centre. The coast of the Great Southern has milder summer weather than areas on the west coast proper and is also a popular destination for holidaymakers, tourists , anglers and surfers . Albany is home to the Kalgan River which is associated with riverboats , from 1918 to 1935 with Silver Star which lowered its funnel to get under
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#1732858616265180-525: The railway and the townsite in 1896 and later formally gazetted the town in 1898, when the population of the town was 226, 107 males and 119 females. In April 1891 the Premier Roller Flour Mill was opened in the centre of the town by brothers Frederick Henry Piesse and Charles Austin Piesse . The mill provided an important cash market for local wheat growers. Initially the mill supplied flour to
195-518: The whole of the Albany district, replacing more expensive imports from Adelaide. At that time Albany was Western Australia's principal port. The ground-floor street frontages of the mill were converted into shops from the 1930s, including a music shop, butchers', dress shops, a barber, and tearooms. By 2008 the building was owned by the Shire of Katanning , which sold it for $ 1 to a private developer who renovated
210-435: Was 4,057. At the 2016 census , Katanning had a population of 3,687. The name Katanning is derived from the native name for a camping place. That native name for the camp was 'Kartannup' - 'Kart' meaning head and 'annup' meaning meeting or camping place. In the very early days before town settlement, a big group of traditional custodians lived in the area. When the community of another district would visit annually, Kartannup
225-536: Was the head camp or meeting place. In the 21st century, in one of the many possible examples of the attempted re-writing of history; some have tried to suggest that Kartanup , means "clear pool of sweet water", or that Katanning , means "spiders on your back". Others suggest that the place is named after a local Aboriginal woman. The first Europeans to explore the Katanning area were Governor James Stirling and Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who travelled through
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