The Shire of Katanning is a
local government area
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in the
Great Southern region of
Western Australia
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, about north of
Albany and about southeast of the state capital,
Perth
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. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of
Katanning.
History
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.
Indigenous people
The larger eastern part of the shire, up to Katanning itself, is located on the traditional land of the
Koreng
The Koreng, also spelled Goreng, are an indigenous Noongar people of south-west of Western Australia.
Language
''Koreng'' belonged to the Nyungic language family, and, specifically, the Koreng appear to have spoken the Wilmun dialect of Nyun ...
people. The smaller western part, west of Katanning, is located on the traditional land of the
Kaneang
The Kaneang are an indigenous Noongar people of the south west region of Western Australia.
Country
The Kaneang traditional lands enclosed some of territory. On the Upper Blackwood River. The eastern boundary was formed by the line that runs fr ...
people, with both being of the
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...
nation.
Towns and localities
The towns and localities of the Shire of Katanning with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census
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:
Notable councillors
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Frederick Piesse, Katanning Road Board member 1889–1896; later a state MP
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Wesley Maley
Wesley Maley (5 July 1857 – 7 May 1926) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1909, representing South-East Province.
Maley was born in Adelaide, Colony of South Austr ...
, Katanning Road Board chairman 1898; later a state MP
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Arnold Piesse, Katanning Road Board chairman for 11 years; later a state MP
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Alec Thomson, Katanning Road Board member 1911–1915, chairman 1913; later a state MP
Heritage-listed places
, 122 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Katanning, of which 19 are on the
State Register of Heritage Places
The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.
History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the N ...
.
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
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Katanning