Charlie Wong Hing – Claire McMullen our Guest Speaker on 28th April

Our Guest speaker on 28th April will be Claire McMullen, recipient of a 2013 Movable Heritage Fellowship from the Powerhouse Museum. Meetings are held at the Museum of the Riverina, Botanic Gardens site, commencing at 7.30pm

“Now and Then” April Issue is now available

The second issue of “Now and Then” for 2014 features online news and updates, Treasures found in the records; the Spotlight on the Irish Orphans; Archives Outside Blog and Flickr updates and more!

In the Past 11th April 2014

In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society

Trove’s Top 25 Newspapers

An article from the Wagga Wagga Express & Murrumbidgee District Advertiser – ‘The Billybong Dams’ has appeared in Trove’s top 25 digitised newspapers for 2013.

In the Past 5th April 2014

In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society

THROW BACK THURSDAY

Each Thursday the Daily Advertiser is publishing a series of old Photos on its website under the theme “Throw Back Thursday”. Recent Galleries have been from 21 years ago.

In the Past 29th March 2014

In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society

Lieutenant Hubert Richard William Meagher

Wagga’s Daily Advertiser on Saturday, 29th March 2014 contains the first of a series of Feature Articles highlighting the role of Wagga Wagga Servicemen in World War 1. Saturday’s article written by Sherry Morris features Hubert Meagher who was one of the first to enlist in Wagga Wagga. Before the war Meagher had worked for […]

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