“Ranford is a town located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-east of Boddington along the road from Pinjarra to Williams. The town’s name honours Henry Samuel Ranford, who had traversed the Hotham River and marked out the first holdings in the vicinity. In 1884, he became a government surveyor with the Lands Department and held various appointments in the Swan River Colony, including Acting Surveyor General. In 1897, he moved to Katanning to become the Government Land Agent.
In 1936, Industrial Extracts Ltd, which produced tanning extracts from white gum timber, proposed a townsite based around their Tannin Extracts Factory. The townsite was gazetted and named Ranford in 1936. The Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Mitchell, opened the factory on 21 April 1937. For the next 20 years, the factory operated and brought many people to the district in the post-Depression era. However, by 1957, the plant had been closed down – twenty years at three shifts a day had worn out the factory and nearly exhausted the timber supply. Both mills were removed, and the offices, which are now a private dwelling, are the only original buildings remaining.”

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