About
The Katanning Agricultural Society is made up of hard-working and dedicated volunteers. From its inception in 1891 in Broomehill, right through to today. it has been the volunteers giving up their time, expertise, and efforts to make every annual show possible.
Over the years, it has survived major flooding, two world wars, a measles pandemic and the latest Covid-19 pandemic,, But it has withstood these setbacks and continues to thrive.
The annual Katanning Show has been a feature of Katanning for over 125 years and, thanks to a small band of avid volunteers, it looks like being around for many more. The Agricultural Show has had its ups and downs over the years including two world wars, drought, hiccups to the national economy and more but has survived all of this and crowd numbers continue to grow.
The Agricultural Show actually started in Broomehill as the Broome Hill Agricultural Show in November of 1891 before changing its committee name to the Great Southern Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society in 1896. However, it was still held in Broome Hill.
In 1898, E. R. Beeck endeavoured to arouse interest and get a general show but failed. Not to be beaten, he determined to have one of his own which he held in February the following year. This show proved extremely popular although he was the only exhibitor.
Despite being a drought year, the first time the Great Southern Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society’s annual show was held in Katanning was 26 – 27 October 1900, following a massive summer rainfall on the Friday.
The Katanning show was originally held on land where the Katanning Aquatic Center is now located in Park Street before it moved to its current showgrounds in Pemble Street.
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PAST PRESIDENTS
| 1891 – J Hassell – W.H. Graham 1896 – J Wright 1898 – W.K. Adams 1899 – T Norrish 1902 – T Norrish 1908/19 – T Garstone 1920/21 – F.M. House 1922/28 – T Garstone 1929/32 – R Anderson 1933/43 – E.S.R. Piesse 1943/48 – C.R. Garstone 1948/52 – H.R. Conning 1953/54 – T.H. Anderson 1955/56 – J.S. Sutherland 1957/58 – C.B. Ball 1959/60 – F.I. Synnott 1961/62 – E.P. Anderson 1963/64 – M.T. Beeck 1965/66 – R.R. Mattiske 1967/68 – J.R. Bushell 1969/70 – E.N. Richardson | 1971/72 – S.T. James 1973/74 – R.B. Goyder 1975/76 – J.N. Anderson 1977/78 – K.F.D. James 1979/80 – H.L.M. Beeck 1981/83 – P.F. Anderson 1984/85 – W.J. Trend 1985/87 – A.E. Fethers 1987/91 – K.A. Noll 1991/92 – T.J. Rundle 1992/93 – K.A. Noll 1994/95 – A.C. Severin 1996/97 – J Tognela 1997/99 – R.J. Bushell 2000/01 – D Thompson 2002/03 – E.J. McFarland 2004/06 – F Thygesen 2007/12 – L Wood 2013 – J Kowald 2014/17 – L Wood 2018 – J Kowald . |
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LIFE MEMBERS
| Anderson C.W.* Anderson E.B.* Anderson P.F. Anderson R.* Baxter R.J. Beeck Sir M.T.* Bradbury C. * Clulow M.P. Conning H.R.* Crosby F.T.F.* Crosby N.R.* Crossley P.H.* Daw L. Garstone C.R.* Hoglin R.L.* Innis M. Kemble S.* | Kowald B.E. Kowald H. B. Kowald J.R. Matthews I.M. Matthews M.H. * McLeod P. McDougall H.S.* McDougall I.J.* McFarland E.J. McGregor R* Noll K.A.* Severin L.R. Sutherland S* Thompson A.* Tree R.E.* Wood L.J. *Deceased |
CURRENT MEMBERS
| T Ackerschot Jo Addis J Arnold M Baker T Beavan I & D Billing R Blair K Briscoe P Brokenshire R & D Brooks R & G Bushell L Chang I Claassen J Cole AL & KA Crosby L Dilley J Does T Eaton T Ford K Gilfedder L Guidera D & J Harries B Higginson | A McFarland J McGrechan P McGrechan P McKinley P McLeod D & C Mills D & R Newbey J & A O’Brien KB & PA O’Connor C Pascoe R Rennie R Salter R Sclater A Stevenson K Thill A Todd A Venn V Vercoe J Watson G Watson C Watts K Wheeler |
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