16-647: The Great Southern Herald is a weekly newspaper published in Katanning, Western Australia . It is distributed to communities in Katanning , Kojonup , Cranbrook , Gnowangerup and Lake Grace . The newspaper was first published on Saturday 5 October 1901 to provide residents in Katanning and the surrounding districts with local and general interest news, including agricultural market reports and advice, local political developments, business and services advertisements, sporting results and social events. The newspaper
32-551: 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
48-469: 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
64-538: A mosque, 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
80-550: A private developer who renovated 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
96-400: Is classified as Csb . Shire of Katanning The Shire of Katanning is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia , about 170 kilometres (106 mi) north of Albany and about 290 kilometres (180 mi) southeast of the state capital, Perth . The Shire covers an area of 1,518 square kilometres (586 sq mi), and its seat of government is
112-847: The Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia . Hard copies of the latest six months of the Great Southern Herald are available on open access at the State Library of Western Australia. Additionally, copies are available on microfilm. Katanning, Western Australia Katanning is a town located 277 kilometres (172 mi) south-east of Perth , Western Australia on
128-495: The Great Southern Highway . At the census of 2021 the population 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
144-720: The Great Southern guide . The newspaper absorbed the Tambellup Times in 1924 and the Southern Districts Advocate in 1936. Circulation as of June 2015 was 949 copies per issue. The publisher also produced the Gnowangerup Times (1912–1918) and the Tambellup Times (1912–1924). The Herald produced celebratory volumes for various events in its earlier years. Issues (1901–1954) of this newspaper have been digitised as part of
160-575: The Katanning area were Governor James Stirling and Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who travelled through 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
176-452: The area. When the community of another district would visit annually, Kartannup 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
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#1732780164834192-519: The mill supplied flour to 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
208-526: The town of Katanning . The Katanning Road District was gazetted on 18 May 1892. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960 , which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. The larger eastern part of the shire, up to Katanning itself, is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people. The smaller western part, west of Katanning,
224-654: The township came into existence. The townsite was initially developed by the West Australian Land Company. The state government purchased 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
240-445: Was designed to facilitate an exchange of ideas through public discussion by encouraging residents to contribute to columns on subjects of public interest. It was first published weekly on Saturday, then twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday, then weekly on Friday. As of 2018, it is published weekly on Thursday. The Great Southern Herald contains the following supplements: Southern farmer , Regional lifestyle , Countryman trader and
256-451: Was named "Kobeelya" and after being used for many years as 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
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