Immigration records

  Sooner or later most Australian family historians will come to the end of the line of ancestors born here. State Records NSW provides details and examples of the different types of shipping records you may find.

This Month in History – September

Browse through the NSW state archives day by day and month by month.

Follow the Kangaroo March

Follow the progress of the Kangaroo March from Wagga to Campbelltown. There’s maps, schedules, photos, stories and much more on the organising committees website.

Digitisation Wagga Express 1930 to 1939

The Wagga Wagga Express newspaper from 1930 to 1939 is currently being digitised by the National Library and will be available to the public through Trove

Successful Grant Application

Troy Grant MP, Minister for the Arts and Deputy Premier has advised that he has approved funding of $1,100 to the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society through the NSW Governments Cultural Grants Programme 2015.

The John Gelme Carriage and Waggon Manufactory

The coach-building and wheelwright business established by John Gelme in Wagga Wagga at the turn of the 20th Century started in a small way but very quickly grew to become one of Wagga’s premier manufacturing businesses.

Daily Advertiser Throwback, This week in 1995

Take a look at what was going on in Wagga this time 20 years ago. There are lots of familiar faces – is yours one of them?

In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 12th September

Munitions workers in 1943 marching in Baylis Street during an eight-hour procession. The Munitions Factory was situated at the corner of Murray and Forsyth Streets and was converted into the Dunlop Factory after the war.

Daily Advertiser Throwback: This week in 1995

Take a look at what was going on in Wagga this time 20 years ago. There are lots of familiar faces – is yours one of them?

Royal Australian Historical Society Conference

The Royal Australian Historical Society, Australia’s oldest historical organisation founded in Sydney in 1901, is heading to Bankstown on 24th and 25th October for its annual conference.

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