History Week is 5th to 13th September 2015. CSU Riverina Archives are planning a special day of displays and presentations for Saturday 5th September. Put the date in your diaries now for a day of local history which is sure to please. More details later.

Our photo from the past this week is Baylis Street in the early 1900’s looking south. Alleyne Farr operated a chemist on the corner of Morrow and Baylis streets (on the far right) from 1902 until 1907. Also visible on the left is the Advance Australia Hotel and the Bushman’s Home.

Our photo from the past this week is the Wagga High School. The photo was taken soon after construction in 1917 when 100 boys and 60 girls were enrolled.

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?

This Archives in Brief (AIB) provides a brief overview of the major sources held by State Records that relate to goldmining.

Australian farming women have been on the land as long as men, but they’ve been largely ignored by the history books.

Our photo from the past this week is the Riverine Club on the corner of Sturt and Tarcutta Streets about 1900. The Club opened in 1881 and is still trading today.

The commandant of the Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka, Colonel Steve Jobson CSC, says the death of 26 soldiers in the 1945 training accident was as a much a loss for the Wagga community as it was for the army.

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?

This is a website containing the history of all the places in Victoria (Australia) that have now or once had a population over 200 at any time since the establishment of Victoria as a British colony.