1. P & A Coutts
The story of Horsham Timber & Joinery.

2. Percival Lawrence Coutts – Wimmera Roots.
How did this person of significance
establish business in Horsham?
Richard Coutts
Son of Pioneer
Richard Coutts.
Pioneer Settler.
Percival R. Coutts
Horsham icon.
Percival L. Coutts
Born – Ballarat
Died – Horsham

3. Percival Lawrence Coutts - Lineage
Richard Coutts
Born – Kincardine, Scotland
Died – Rupanyup, Australia
Imm – To the Goldfields, Ballarat
Great Grandfather

4. Percival Lawrence Coutts – A Short History (gt gnd’parents).
Richard Coutts:
Born – 1832 to John & Christian Coutts.
Youngest of two children.
Married – Janet Condie and had 12
Children, 11 sons and one daughter.
Resided – Lallat, Rupanyup.
Settled – Rupanyup (from 1872)
Work – Miner and Farmer
History:
Mentioned in the Victoria and its
Metropolis.
Significant pioneer to the region.
1885 trip to the Kimberleys.
Walked to Queensland for land.
Most of his sons all prospected.
Killed in 1889 in a farming accident.
Arthur & David Coutts Lallat.
Buried in the Rupanyup Cemetery.

5. Percival Lawrence Coutts - Lineage
Richard Coutts
Born – Talbot, Victoria
Died – Ballarat, Australia
Buried – Horsham, Victoria.
Grandfather

6. Percival Lawrence Coutts – A Short History (grandparents).
Richard Coutts:
Born – 1864 to Richard & Janet Coutts.
Second eldest child.
Married – Maria O’Shea and had 5
Children, 3 sons and two daughters.
Resided – Mount Magnet, WA (etc).
Settled – On the move
Work – Miner.
History:
Spent significant time ‘on the move’.
Recollections of his time.
Spent time near Gordon (Victoria)
and Warracknabeal
1885 trip to the Kimberleys.
Children raised in Horsham.
Died of old age in Ballarat.
Buried in the Horsham Cemetery.

7. Percival Lawrence Coutts - Lineage
Richard Coutts
Born – Allendale (near Ballarat) , Victoria
Died – Ballarat, Australia. 1951
Buried – Ballarat, Victoria.
Father

8. Percival Lawrence Coutts – A Short History (parents).
Percival Richard Coutts:
Born – 1887 to Richard & Maria Coutts.
Eldest child.
Married – Margaret O’Keane and had 10 Children, 7 sons and three daughters.
Resided – Horsham & Ballarat
Settled – Ballarat (after Horsham)
Work – Compositor/typesetter.
History:
Had strong connections in Horsham
Champion footballer Horsham and
Ballarat.
Moved for his football and work
WW1 – Military Medal (Messine 1917)
Post war illness.
Died in Ballarat.
Buried in the Ballarat Cemetery.

9. Percival Lawrence Coutts.
What created his personality:
A child of the depression
Apprentice at 13, little formal education
Second eldest, father ill, worked to support
Responsibility
Determined and courageous
Used his brains and ability
Served in WW2

10. Percival Lawrence Coutts – AIF.
His father: P. R. Coutts (MM):
WW1
38th Battalion
The Western Front
Lieutenant
P. L. Coutts:
WW2
In Darwin during the bombing
Served in New Guinea and Milne Bay
Sergeant

11. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982.
Apprenticed to Fred Harris (prior and post war)
Established P & A Coutts in 1951
Humble beginnings
Mainly domestic and renovations
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (1957)

12. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982.
The ‘green fleet’.

13. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982. Post 1960, expansion
After war redevelopment
Opportunity and determination
Not only Horsham, far reaching influence
Competed aggressively and strongly
Developed a reputation
Was the inaugural chair of the MBAV in
the Wimmera

14. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982.
Expansion – 1960’s and onwards.

15. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982.
Expansion – local influence.

16. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982.
Changing the face
of Horsham.

17. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982. Horsham RSL Public State Offices
Horsham Civic Centre

18. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982. Turnover $100M post war
Employed 150 people in peak times
Trained 150 apprentices
Memories as a teenager….
Was the biggest employer next to Wimmera
Base Hospital
Would often say ‘….wherever you go someone
will know you’.

19. P & A Coutts – 1951 to 1982. Closed in 1982 Took on ‘all comers’
Educated many
Broke down barriers
Migrant workers
Many years to retire
Influenced many
State reputation
Not bad for a bloke
who got A+ in pastels