Text Box: # Our library is located within the Katanning Shire Library/Art Gallery, right next to the Katanning Shire Council offices in Austral Terrace. The library is open every Thursday between 1.00pm and 4.00pm.  Other times can be arranged by contacting us. *The library is open from December through February by appointment only. Library Use Fees: Non-Members $5.00 per half day, and members $1.00 per half day. Research: Our research team will search any records held in the towns within our membership area, including those in our library. We can also take photographs in both colour, and black and white. Fees: Minimum $10.00. If you are enquiring by post, please include a stamped self-addressed envelope. Search Our Indexes: Great Southern Herald Index to Births 1917 - 1930 Great Southern Herald Index to Marriages 1917 - 1930 The Great Southern Herald Newspaper was established in Katanning in 1901 by Mr Stevens of York, Western Australia, under the editorship of Mr E. Mitchell. It was the first local newspaper to be published in the Great Southern area of Western Australia. The paper at that time was a double-demi sheet, set by hand and printed on a Royal hand-press. The building housing the plant was a wood and iron construction, erected at the rear of a residence, removed from the business portion of town. A fire on the premises destroyed early copies of the newspaper, and the oldest copy housed in Katanning is that of 6th January 1917. All issues from this date have been bound into yearly volumes, and are housed at the premises of the Great Southern Herald in Katanning.

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