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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Demolition of Austral Building

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c. 1961

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Overview

A coloured photo taken looking towards the front of a building that is in the stage of being demolished. On the left hand side of the building can be seen part of another building, the King George Hostel.

Historical information

The building had been constructed by the Piesse family. There was residential accommodation upstairs with commercial shops on the street front. The demolition of this building made a considerable difference to the street scape in Katanning.

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Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSP2004.141

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Material

Photographic Paper

Width

18 cm

Height or length

13 cm

Year

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Date of creation +50 years

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Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

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