Katanning   WA  6317
	Population: 4,000,   Height above sea level: , 310m Latitude: -33.4120,   Longitude: 117.3320 Location:   295km south of Perth Highway: Great Southern Hwy  Nearest Major Town: Albany Nearest Airport: Albany Touring Area: Great Southern
Sheep and grain production area south east of Perth discovered by Governor James Stirling and Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who travelled through the area in 1835 en route from Perth to Albany. The railway to Albany passed through in 1889 and the state government purchased the railway and the townsite in 1896. It was gazetted as a town in 1898. A flour mill was built in the town in 1981 and local farmers found an outlet for their produce. It is now a museum. A statue of Frederick Henry Piesse, one of the two brothers who built the mill, was erected in 1916 and stands beside the railway line in Austral Tce. Katanning has a relatively large Muslim population.

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