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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Wanke and Gilbert Families

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1991

Subcollections

Community Events and Celebrations

Overview

One page of typed information that Gavin Wanke read out for the Unveiling of the Commemorative Plaque for Carl & Caroline Wanke. There is one page for the newspaper article that was written on the unveiling.

Historical information

It is not known from which newspaper the article was cut from and copied. The newspaper article talks about the Wank family as well as Edward and Sarah Gilbert, Edward was Katanning's first pharmacist who opened his store in Austral Terrace in 1904.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSA2025.280

Item type

Material

Paper (Newsprint)

Width

20.9000 cm

Height or length

27.8000 cm

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Last modified

Thursday, 7 August, 2025

Completeness

94

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

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Other

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Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

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