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.
Wal Fife Room, Mt Erin, Open Day 19th September
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.
Kangaroos reach Junee
ROUSING applause greeted the Kangaroo March re-enactment as it wandered into Junee on Monday.
In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 5th September
The Murrumbidgee Turf Club was established in 1860. This photo is taken at an MTC event in the early 1900s.
Kangaroo March Re-enactment
WAGGA honoured its original World War I Kangaroos on Saturday with a moving ceremony at the Wagga Civic Centre and Victory Memorial Gardens and the start of a 35-day, 524 km re-enactment march to Campbelltown that retraces the steps of heroes who answered a call to arms in the wake of appalling losses at Gallipoli
Hero of Wantabadgery Senior Constable Edward Webb-Bowen honoured
Wagga Wagga Local Area Command, is honouring the ‘Hero of Wantabadgery’ Senior Constable Edward Mostyn Webb-Bowen who died in an exchange of gun fire in November 1879.
In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 29th August
The original wrought iron lattice truss bridge for the railway crossing the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga was completed in 1881. It was replaced by a concrete bridge in 2006.









