A very special presentation was made this evening at a combined meeting of the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society and the Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society. Honorary Life Membership of the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society was awarded to Sherry Morris.
Combined Societies Dinner Wednesday 2nd September 2015
August 17, 2015 by ·
The Wagga Wagga RSL Club will be the venue for the next Combined Societies Dinner on 2nd September.
Wal Fife Room, Mt Erin, Open Day 19th September 2015
August 16, 2015 by ·
An Open Day for the Wal Fife Room will be held on Saturday 19th September 2015 from 10am to 4pm at the Mt Erin Convent.
In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 15th August
August 16, 2015 by ·
Wagga City Cabs rank in Sturt Street outside the Court House probably in the early 1960’s. Notice the telephone operator.
Preserving your Family History Workshop
August 14, 2015 by ·
Join a senior conservator from the State Library of NSW to learn how to preserve your family history. This workshop comprises part of the State Library’s World War One Centenary Program and is designed to help individuals preserve their precious family collections.
Young Heritage Walk
August 12, 2015 by ·
The Rotary Club of Young Inc. invites all to the Official Launch of the new Young Heritage Walk and Young Heritage Walk Brochure on Saturday August 15.
Glory staying alive after 50 years
August 11, 2015 by ·
When Wagga men Mike McCall and George Ceely played bass guitar for a little known group called the Bee Gees 50 years ago, they had no idea what a phenomenon the three brothers would become.
Local Newspapers on Microfilm
August 11, 2015 by ·
CSU Regional Archives holds a quite extensive collection of local and national newspapers on microfilm. They have in excess of 60 different newspapers, including the Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga Express, Albury Border Post, Coolamon Ganmain Farmers Review, Junee Southern Cross, Riverine Grazier and Tumut and Adelong Times.
Wagga’s Greek community to celebrate magic milestone
August 11, 2015 by ·
It’s been almost seven decades since the first Greeks took a leap of faith and made Wagga home. They once dotted every corner of Wagga’s main street, iconic eateries with names like the Paragon, the Peter Pan, the Silver Key and the Oceanic.
The Battle of Amiens: 8 August 1918
August 9, 2015 by ·
The silence played on our nerves a bit. As we got our guns into position you could hear drivers whispering to their horses and men muttering curses under their breath, and still the silence persisted, broken only by the whine of a stray rifle bullet or a long range shell passing high overhead
