Early Career and Family Background
Katter was born in Cloncurry, Queensland, the son of Bob Katter, Sr., who was the member for Kennedy from 1966 to 1990. Katter is a Maronite Catholic of Lebanese and Irish descent and is said to be a distant relative of the world renowned poet Khalil Gibran. He was an investor in cattle and mining interests before entering politics via the Queensland state parliament in 1974.
During their 1964 Australian tour, The Beatles were pelted by eggs from some unknown assailants. Katter, then a university student, later came forward and admitted his involvement, in what he explained was an "intellectual reaction against Beatlemania."
His son Rob Katter won the seat of Mount Isa in the 2012 Queensland state election.
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