Where is Katanning? Katanning is on the Great Southern Highway: 295 km south east of Perth 180 knm north of Albany 50 km south of Wagin

What is Katanning like?

Katanning is a regional centre with a population of approximately 3,800.

Katanning is one of the State’s premier agricultural areas, with many other businesses supporting the industry. The town boasts banking and investment services, furnishings, electrical goods, computers and internet services, fashion and jewellery, restaurants and cafes, engineers and mechanics and much more.

Katanning also has over 150 Services and Community organizations and a range of sport and leisure facilities.

Find out more about the services in Katanning in our Katanning Fast Facts.

A litle bit of history

Katanning is a local Aboriginal word of uncertain meaning. There has been much conjecture regarding the meaning, with two schools of thought prevailing. One was that the name came from Kart-annin, Kart meaning head and annin meaning meeting place. Thus the name would have meant "meeting place of heads of tribes". The other was that the name was derived from the name of an Aboriginal woman.
 
The name was first used as one of the original stations on the Great Southern Railway when it opened in June 1889. The Western Australian Land Company who had built the railway soon developed a private townsite here, and when the government purchased the railway in 1896, it converted the townsite to a government townsite. This was formally gazetted in 1898.

Katanning has enjoyed a lively and prosperous past. Some of the many firsts which Katanning boast include:
  Electric street lights
  Inland swimming pool
  Free Library services
  Country Historical Society

Katanning Links
Hidden Treasures Katanning

Shire of Katanning
Ph: (08) 9821 4200

Katanning Regional Telecentre
Ph: (08) 9821 4433