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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Railway's Tennis Club

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2002

Subcollections

Sporting Organisations

Overview

A coloured photograph of the side view of a small wooden building with a tin roof that is surrounded by a wire mesh fence. In the foreground is a water tank which collects water from the roof. The small orange tin shed in the background is the toilet.

Historical information

The builiding is the Katanning Railway Tennis club pavillion. On the right hand side of the photograph there is grass growing on the courts.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSP2026.274

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

15.2000 cm

Height or length

10.2000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

In the bottom right hand corner in red lettering is "24 4'02".

Contextual information

On the 25th August 1937 the Railway Tennis Club was given permission by the Katanning Road Board to erect a pavilion, in October that same year the Katanning Railway Club asked for trees adjacent to courts in Austral Terrace be lopped.

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Tuesday, 31 March, 2026

Completeness

94

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Other

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Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

Katanning Historical Society

Katanning Historical Society

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Side view of Railway's Tennis Club

Side view of Railway's Tennis Club

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